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Reversal of Fortune (1990) Rank 4 Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
With their advantages and connections, they have a better chance of being involved in a stimulating crime. Some of them, it is true, simply stab or shoot one another, but a few go to the trouble of using classic means: poisons and deceptions, subterfuge a ...read the complete Reversal of Fortune movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
This engrossing mystery-comedy peeks through the keyholes of the rich and infamous in a manner both droll and delicious. ...read the complete Reversal of Fortune movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It is a surprisingly entertaining film - funny, wicked, sharp-tongued and devious. It does not solve the case, nor intend to. I am afraid it only intends to entertain. ...read the complete Reversal of Fortune movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Here's the movie that made Jeremy Irons such a memorable villain. (Well, this and Dead Ringers.) And it's all true: Claus von Bulow was convicted of nearly murdering his ultra-rich wife (Glenn Close), who lay in a coma after a massive insulin overdose. Th ...read the complete Reversal of Fortune movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
The juxtaposition of liberal Jewish attorney Dershowitz (Silver) and von Bulow working together on the latter's defense makes for some engagingly offbeat drama, with some interesting insights into the legal process. ...read the complete Reversal of Fortune movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
What makes it such a mesmerizing, wickedly witty entertainment is the revealing portrait it paints of an era in which everyone is presumed guilty where greed is concerned... It's an often chilly movie, but the chill cuts to the bone. ...read the complete Reversal of Fortune movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Jay Scott)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
A nicely structured depiction of true-life events, based on the book by Alan Deshowitz, Reversal of Fortune takes a fascinating look into the events of Claus von Bulow's appeal to the case involving his comatose wife Sunny and the theories behind her near ...read the complete Reversal of Fortune movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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