Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Can't hold a candle to "Dangerous Liaisons":

This movie does not pack a punch like its predecessor, "Dangerous Liaisons," whether you view it before or after. However unfair, one cannot but help to compare the two. Of course in a Milos Forman movie you'd expect to see lavish setting and locales and here he does not disappoint. Annette Bening as the Marquise de Merteuil, Fairuza Balk as Cecile and Henry Thomas as Danceny are quite good. However, I found Colin Firth as Valmont and Meg Tilly as Madame de Tourvel to be unsatisfactory, especially the... more info

An outstanding yet neglected film:

I happened to watch this movie on TV, quite a while ago. Despite the rather "unastable" ending (towards the book) I found it very good. Colin Firth (apart from being an absolute hunk in period frocks is also fantastic-though he smiles too much for such a tragic character) is much more down-to-earth and handsome than -otherwise great actor- John Malcovitch. Colin is brooding, John is SCARY. Not the person I'd trust my heart or body to. Glenn Glose is a lot more scary - Anette Benning is fantastic because she... more info

MGM Home Video Does a Hachet Job On This Masterpiece:

Please, don't get me wrong--Valmont is one of my favorite films of all time. But I just discovered to my HORROR that it's true--MGM Home Entertainment has edited out a crucial and beautiful scene from this cinema masterpiece. I can't believe I missed it for the past two years, but the other reviewers are right. The lovely scene where Valmont buys a bouquet of flowers and brings them to Madame de Tourvel's apartment, and leaves them on her bed when she is not there, has been hacked out of this DVD! This... more info

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