Fatal Instinct Movie Review 1993

Spoof on erotic thrillers such as "Fatal Attraction" and "Basic Instinct." Suave Assante plays a guy with dual careers--he's both cop and attorney, defending the criminals he's arrested. Young plays a lovelorn psycho who's lost her panties. Plot is worth mentioning only in passing, since the point is to mercilessly skewer the entire film noir tradition. The gags occasionally hit deep-chuckle level, though for every good joke there's at least three that misfire. Clemons of "E Street Band" fame wanders around with sax for background music purposes, typical of the acute self-consciousness of the film.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Genre Spoofs, Detective Spoofs

Screenplay

David O'Malley

Cast

Armand Assante, Sean Young, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Christopher McDonald, James Remar, Tony Randall

Director

Carl Reiner

Music

Richard Gibbs

Other

Clarence Clemons, Doc Severinsen

Producer

Katie Jacobs, Pierce Gardner, Pieter Jan Brugge, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures