Rotten
The filmmakers have provided critics ample artillery by prominently featuring a skunk in this thuddingly flat spoof of erotic thrillers.
Brian Lowry, Variety
Fatal Instinct
Sex, murder and revenge were never this funny.
1993 · 1h 31m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Carl Reiner
Overview
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an assignment and promptly begins an affair with her. Meanwhile, Ned's wife, Lana, is deep in an affair of her own. Lana and her lover are planning to murder Ned in an elaborate fashion so they can collect on his triple indemnity life insurance policy.
Director and cast
- Carl Reiner Director
- Armand Assante as Ned Ravine
- Sherilyn Fenn as Laura Lincolnberry
- Kate Nelligan as Lana Ravine
- Sean Young as Lola Cain
- Christopher McDonald as Frank Kelbo
- James Remar as Max Shady
- Tony Randall as Judge Skanky
- Clarence Clemons as Clarence
- Keith Campbell as Murder Investigator
- Michael Cumpsty as Laura's Husband
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
14%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's a real pity, because Reiner has certainly been funnier and more inventive on other outings and Sherilyn Fenn makes a winsome gal Friday.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A collection of gags that vary much too wildly in terms of timing and wit.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Small jokes are buried under elaborate setups. Sight gags are repeated to the point of exhaustion.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Maybe you'll be in the right mood and like this stuff. It looks good, and the actors are several notches above the usual parody cast in ability. And yet...
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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