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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenBody of Evidence won't be remembered for classic plotting or brilliant legal gambits. But give it its due: it holds one's attention.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA preposterous erotic thriller from the Basic Instinct fingernails-ripped-my-flesh school, Body of Evidence is shamelessly — and, on occasion, amusingly — unadulterated trash.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineBody of Evidence is at its most hilarious in the deadly earnestness with which it unfolds its ludicrous plot, populated by paper-thin characters who range from the underdeveloped to the simply inane. BODY is oddly conflicted by the sheer unpleasantness of its depiction of sex.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumAlthough I have no facts to support my impression, this erotic courtroom thriller looks as if it grew out of Madonna seeing Basic Instinct and saying, “I wanna do one of those."
- 30The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyBody of Evidence ranks with the Edsel. It's not going anywhere. As a movie, it looks as if it wanted to be Basic Instinct, though it winds up more like Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS.
- 30Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyA bland, utterly silly, curiously provincial courtroom drama.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIn general, thrillers are among the easiest movies to do poorly and the hardest to do well. Body of Evidence takes the easy road, and ends up as a shambles. This is the kind of poor effort that's difficult to forgive.
- 12Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI've seen comedies with fewer laughs than Body of Evidence, and this is a movie that isn't even trying to be funny. It's an excruciatingly incompetent entry in the Basic Instinct genre, filled with lines that only a screenwriter could love, and burdened with a plot that confuses mystery with confusion.
- 11Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAiming to be this year's Basic Instinct, Body of Evidence never raises a discernible pulse.