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Summary: A treasure
Review: This movie is definitely a treasure, beautifully acted, beautifully filmed, its the kind of movie that stays with you. I can't say much about the movie that hasn't already been said except that I recommend the soundtrack also, the movie score is excellent.
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Summary: Provocative?
Review: This movie, and the main plot of it, have become the subject of many jokes to many a comedian, as well as the average joe next door. It has also become the subject of heavy conversation and question amongst many as well; thus meaning, more or less, this movie was provocative enough to get a reaction out of many people. You know the story: desperate couple runs into a problem with finances, so they go to Las Vegas to try to make some quick cash. In the midst of this, they run into a billionaire, who has his sets on the wife, and offers the couple one million big ones for a night with the lady. It should be noted that the couple went into this thinking (or at least hoping) that the whole thing would mean nothing afterwards, and it would be a walk in the park--in other words, easy money. But, then, the devils of mistrust, jealousy, and insecurity start to rear their ugly heads into the picture, and sends their marriage into a mess. Through it all, did the relationship survive? Did the couple end up divorcing? You'll have to watch the movie. Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore did excellent jobs in their respective roles, and likewise for Robert Redford.
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Summary: GEEZ!
Review: This was a well-made movie, and I enjoyed it, but I have to say...from the time that Robert Redford comes onto the screen and makes his infamous proposal, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson's characters don't spend much time mulling it over. I think this film raises questions that may be tough for some to answer, as in "Would I ever let my husband/wife sleep with anyone for ANY amount of money whatsoever?" My answer is simply: OF COURSE NOT. You'd have to be pretty dumb, desperate, and morally corrupt to even consider it. I can see now why this film was so controversial when it was released. It was a good movie, though, and it portrays the consequences that those certain kinds of decisions can bring. The leads were very good in their roles. I was not disappointed. The score by John Barry was excellent, as was the direction by Adrian Lyne. Oh, the only problem was the way in which that million dollars is finally spent. It's ridiculous. You just HAVE to see it! Made me laugh...Other than that, Recommended!
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Summary: very entertaining, missing only a strong male second lead
Review: What amuses me the most is that the men reviewing this film seem to be so severely outraged at the main content -- a wealthy man proposing to buy another man's wife for a single night. Looks like the old morality hangs on of the wife being the man's exclusive property. On the other hand, if it were Cindy Crawford, say, offering to buy the husband for a night? Well, the film is about a billionaire who is played very elegantly and sympathetically by Robert Redford, who quite frankly is many a woman's secret fantasy lover after he shot to fame in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Granted, if in real life he made this offer (even without the money), many women think that they would take him up on it. In the film, his character John Gage is far too attractive -- good sense of humor, personable, didn't swear (Woody Harrelson did enough of that), and gently teased Demi Moore even while he seduced her, not by money but by temptations that her husband David, played by Harrelson, couldn't offer. Things like emotional maturity. The film, because Harrelson was miscast in what should have been another sympathetic role, was uneven. In scenes of the marriage, we find that there is a lot of abuse going on -- playful abuse, but even play-threatening someone with a knife is not cute. Supposedly David and Diana, the two marrieds, are achingly devoted and yet there is never any real warmth. It seems they are only clinging to each other, and after Gage makes his monetary offer, the two spend a night tossing and turning in bed until they finally discuss it. We hear then that the two lovers were not so devoted before they married. Other playmates abound, and so the devotedness pales. What we start to see is a very sexy but also conservative woman who is trapped in a marriage with a man who could be easily classed as a childish jackass. Enter Gage, and the story begins when his and Diana's eyes meet, long before she gets the scent of money. There are really too few romantic scenes between these two. Their tale is told too briefly, since we have to see many scenes of David suffering after he cheerfully agreed to sell his wife for the night. Sadly, though, the ending has Diana returning to David, probably to spend the rest of her life threatening him with a knife. And our last view of Gage, a wealthy but lonely man, is as he is standing on the beach in the sunset, a man so noble that he gave up a woman simply because he thought she did not look at him in the right way, that she looked at another man in that way. Of course, in a few months she'd have forgotten David and looked at Gage as he wanted, but that idea didn't suit the storyline. Far better to have David claim that Diana was only with Gage not because he was the better man but because he had more money. That wasn't true. The John Gage character, even without Redford's expertise at fleshing out the man or at being romantic, would still have been a better person than was David, who spent lots of time being crude, lazy, whining, getting drunk and swearing, being sober and swearing . . . Well, anyhow, this film has some inane elements, but overall Redford pulled it off for everyone. His strong character contributed to the romantic tension and kept your interest. Moore played too repressed and timid a woman. She was actually no romantic match for Redford, although the scenes where they kiss are about the most romantic kisses I've seen in film. Her character, though, didn't talk back enough to either Gage or David -- she was passive, accepting male dominance rather than establishing her own control over her life. Of course, strong women in Hollywood films don't get the man, or in this case both men, but end up alone and that wasn't what this film was about.
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Summary: A Masterpiece in Understanding.
Review: What if...? The two words that define almost everyone's life. What if I married so & so instead...What if that job was mine...What if there was a perfect life...? And on & on. Relationships, marriage, in particular, young relationships and marriage are plagued with the question, or the "two words." Indecent Proposal is a masterpiece. An exploration, if you will, into the power of money, trust, love, respect, and above all...What if? The movie casts three of the best stars of their time, Robert Redford, Woody Harrelson, and Demi Moore at the top of their game. It brings us inside the marriage of Diana and David, but also, into the world of wealth, power & deceit. Still, it also sends a shiver to see Redford's character as not being flat, but lonely. His motives, proposal, and pursuit may irritate us, yet we come to understand Mr. Gage and sort of feel sorry for him. As we root for Diana & David to reclaim that lost innocence of love, which in reality & in the movie as well, is unrecoverable, we find a new meaning in forgiveness, faith, and the pitfalls that plague even the best parts of ourselves. This one belongs in your collection and your heart...
Rating: 
Summary: Very Waek
Review: where's the story? Demi Moore&Woody Harrelson can't act and Robert Redford is wooden in this film.this is a film that came out in the wrong deacde.it would have been better in the 80's.Maybe this film will make a Question on how to be a Millionare on Regis? as a bad Joke.
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Summary: fantastic movie
Review: You have decide what is more important in life the real love between a man and woman or the material things that money buys. More importantly if a man and a woman really loves each other and respect each other know one should be able to come between them.
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