Director: Adrian Lyne
Year: 1993
Language: English (I watched it in Spanish though)
Length: 1 hour 52 minutes (112 minutes)
Staring: Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Robert Redford, Oliver Platt, Seymour Cassel, Billy Bob Thornton
Plot: Long time sweethearts, David (Woody Harrelson), an architect, and Diana (Demi Moore), a real estate agent, find themselves on hard times when financial troubles bring them to the verge of losing their house, which David designed. Taking their last $5,000, they go to Vegas in hopes of multiplying their money. Luck fails them, but they are faced with a major moral dilemma when billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford) spots Diana in the casino and offers her one million dollers to spend the night with him. What ensues causes them to question their relationship more than anything they've ever encountered. Based on the novel by Jack Engelhard.
Review: It's a good film in the way that it looks into the human psyche and the way that we like to think of ourselves as righteous and tell ourselves that we would never sell ourselves or our loved ones for money in theory. However, if it truly ever came down to it, most of us probably would. The only problem I have with this film really is that its very slow and not really very much happens in it. Also, the way the women says that she would never sell herself, does and then goes off with the rich man... and her husband is just a little dumb and is fine with everything and then suddenly explodes with rage and overreacts about everything. Also, the guy that plays the rich guy really isn't that attractive or a nice person and, other than the fact he is completely loaded, the woman just falls him so quickly.
Quotes: 'Diana: If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever. If it doesn't, then it was never yours to begin with.'
'Diana: The dress is for sale. I'm not.'
'John: I remember once when I was young, and I was coming back from some place, a movie or something. I was on the subway and there was a girl sitting across from me and she was wearing this dress that was bottoned queer up right to here, she was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. And I was shy then, so when she would look at me I would look away, then afterwards when I would look back she would look away. Then I got to where I was gonna get off, and got off, the doors closed, and as the train was pulling away she looked right at me and gave me the most incredible smile. It was awful, I wanted to tear the doors open. And I went back every night, same time, for two weeks, but she never showed up. That was 30 years ago and I don't think that theres a day that goes by that I don't think about her, I don't want that to happen again.'
'Diana: The dress is for sale. I'm not.'
'John: I remember once when I was young, and I was coming back from some place, a movie or something. I was on the subway and there was a girl sitting across from me and she was wearing this dress that was bottoned queer up right to here, she was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. And I was shy then, so when she would look at me I would look away, then afterwards when I would look back she would look away. Then I got to where I was gonna get off, and got off, the doors closed, and as the train was pulling away she looked right at me and gave me the most incredible smile. It was awful, I wanted to tear the doors open. And I went back every night, same time, for two weeks, but she never showed up. That was 30 years ago and I don't think that theres a day that goes by that I don't think about her, I don't want that to happen again.'
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
