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Deathtrap (1982)

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All Time

of 190,142

3,070

1980's

of 12,798

359

1982

of 3,629

33
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,552
  
  701
  
  Comedy of 1982
  
  of 107
  
  8
  
  Comedy of the 1980's
  
  of 1,484
  
  116
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,077
  
  405
  
  Crime of 1982
  
  of 25
  
  3
  
  Crime of the 1980's
  
  of 363
  
  42
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  224
  
  Mystery of 1982
  
  of 19
  
  3
  
  Mystery of the 1980's
  
  of 178
  
  29
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,011
  
  624
  
  Thriller of 1982
  
  of 53
  
  7
  
  Thriller of the 1980's
  
  of 691
  
  80

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Deathtrap (1982) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.7661

Avg Critic Score:2.8707

Deathtrap (1982) Movie Reviews

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Lots of circuitous fun in Sidney Lumet's adaptation of the Broadway play, in which Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve are unforgettable in a story that involves a highly wanted draft of a play, a house full of weapons, and enough doublecrossing to make ...read the complete Deathtrap movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

DEATHTRAP is a wonderful windup fiction machine with a few modest ambitions: It wants to mislead us at every turn, confound all our expectations, and provide at least one moment when we ...read the complete Deathtrap movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

A verbose talk-fest, a play more than a film experience, as adapted by Sidney Lumet from Ira Levin's Broadway play about a parlor murder game. Lumet, as always, sucks any subtlety out of his films. ...read the complete Deathtrap movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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Deathtrap comes from the hit 1979 Broadway play by Ira Levin, the playwright and novelist who also wrote the original novels that later became the basis of films such as Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Stepford Wives (1974), The Boys from Brazil...read the complete Deathtrap (1982) review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

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outrate.net (Mark Adnum)

Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve apparently drank litres of alcohol to get through their dreaded male-male kiss scene in Deathtrap, but you'll need something stronger than alcohol to stay interested in this movie. Though a spritely 116 minutes,...read the complete Deathtrap (1982) review at outrate.net (Mark Adnum)

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