Body Heat (1981)

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Hot in the City: Body Heat
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"If there’s one film that epitomizes the power of environment over libido, it has to be Lawrence Kasdan’s directorial debut, the totally-80s noir Body Heat, which takes place during a Florida heat wave (does it get any hotter than that?) In fact the balmy weather is a character unto itself, so much so that Kasdan’s production designer Bill Kenney should have gotten top billing right along with the spectacularly sexy duo of William Hurt as smalltime lawyer Ned Racine and Kathleen Turner as the femme fatale Matty Walker, out to wield him as a weapon for murdering her wealthy husband. Never a moment goes by where the third character of heat and humidity isn’t enveloping the pair in a passionate ménage a trois. And never does a fry-an-egg-on-the-pavement summer in NYC go by when I don’t wonder why one of our many outdoor screenings doesn’t showcase this perfectly paced, edge-of-your-seat engrossing film. It can’t be because of any racy sex scenes since Kasdan shoots rather chastely, ... " [More]

Luke Warm on Body Heat
by davisfreeberg in Davis Freeberg's DVD AllStars

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"Netflix reccomended this one to me and I thought that it would be good with Kathleen Turner in it, but it feel short of cinema great. Turner plays a character who is always in control. She did an excellent job with her role, but the plot was a little too obvious and I didn't feel sense good chemistry with her co-star William Hurt. " [More]

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