Rotten
A silly little whodunnit that's a mild embarrassment to all involved.
Variety Staff, Variety
Compromising Positions
You're about to find out why the women of Shorehaven would rather kill than miss an appointment with Dr. Bruce Fleckstein.
1985 · 1h 39m · R
Comedy, Mystery
Directed by
Frank Perry
Overview
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie has such a bitter core, such a distaste for its characters, that I ended up feeling uncomfortable in its company.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
A very mixed bag, but those who've missed a storytelling sense in American movies might want to have a look.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It's all very humorous and engaging, if only for proving that American whodunits don't have to have car chases and brutality; and it has a wicked eye for the vacuity of middle-class good life and what it may conceal.
Time Out
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