Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.

Directed by Stephen Frears

Produced by Lorimar Film Entertainment, NFH Films

1988119 min7.2 / 10

A baroque, psychologically intricate tale of seduction and manipulation in 18th-century Paris, where calculated cruelty and romantic entanglement collide with devastating consequences.

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

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  • Is Dangerous Liaisons one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 93% of films.

  • Does Dangerous Liaisons end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Dangerous Liaisons sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Dangerous Liaisons scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Dangerous Liaisons violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Dangerous Liaisons easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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64/ 100

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity94

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Surprise31

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love75

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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