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Compromising Positions
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0097360192834
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: March 21, 1995
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: August 30, 1985
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Rating:  - Likable but thin and uneven
I remember being interested in ads for this movie when it was first released in theaters, but did not end up seeing it until years later. I recently rediscovered the movie in a box of old tapes. Unable to remember much about it, I watched it twice more. This made me appreciate the film more, but also reminded me of its flaws and limitations.
A sleazy, tacky, womanizing dentist (Joe Mantegna) serving an upscale New York suburb is murdered in his office one night. A new patient (Susan ... Read More
Rating:  - Another underrated 80's movie
Raoul Julia was sooo handsome! This movie is pre-political Susan, you can tell by her light handed acting. I really enjoyed this film, a suburban murder mystery. Judith Ivy is terrific as the slutty neighbor who sleeps around on her husband. The story rises above the upper class gossip filled neighborhood. Very well done, and very overlooked! Enjoy!
Rating: - Mildly humorous
This is a comedy who-done-it about a philandering Long Island dentist who is murdered, and the subsequent investigation by ex-newspaperwoman (Susan Sarandon). The dentist had been making it with a number of women, none of whom want that detail disclosed and any of whom could have killed him. Some of the scenes are funny as the women try to cover their tracks, especially after nude photos are discovered. But the social message of the movie (Sarandon working again aginst her husband's wishes for her ... Read More
Rating: - Cute
Minor film of no consequence that manages to deftly balance between light comedy and intense drama, led quite ably by the experienced Susan Sarandon, supported by the underrated Edward Herrmann and the late Raul Julia. The story is a murder mystery that draws former journalist Sarandon into the investigation, as it was her periodontist who was murdered. It turns out this dentist was drilling quite a few of the ladies in this upscale Long Island community, and not just their teeth.
Plenty of ... Read More
Rating: - Superb Performances are Compromised to a Weak Script
Susan Sarandon is one of our finest actors, and though her taste in scripts is questionable, she milks this role for everything it's got - gettig more from it than I believe the screenwriter had ever intended. She plays a happily married housewife who upon learning of her dentist's murder begins to investigate, and winds up fall for the lead detective on the case (Raul Julia). After awhile, the shine seems to fade from what seemed like a perfect marriage and she begins to question her life's direction. ... Read More
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