Fatal Instinct | | Cast : | Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn | | Director : | Carl Reiner | | Studio : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | October 29, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | April 01, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 11, 2005 | | Summary | Sorry but I thought it was funny | Content
 | Sometimes the editorial reviews here are funnier than the movies being reviewed. Sean Young typecast? Well, they call that irony where I hail from--and just how does one typecast anyone when the film is meant to be a parody? The lead not known for his comedic chops? Seems Leslie Nielsen wasn't known for his comedic chops which made him (and a bunch of other old hams) ten times funnier when he turned up in "Airplane." Again, something about irony. Irony. Hmmm. What is that? Someone respectable from the UK I believe recently said that Americans lack a sense of it. It's our national failing, our fatal flaw. It's the real reason the world hates us, we don't get anybody's jokes (I heard that exact complaint from a German no less).
To get straight to the meaty core here, this movie is great fun if you like Airplane, Kung Pow, Hot Shots II, or any of the other wacky and wise parodies and satires that came out during the last decade or two (Now then, aren't I being helpful?). If you're a "Scary Movie 1 through 20" fan this may not be your cup of hemlock (I'm helpful here too, trying to save you a few bucks). There's zaniness for its own sake (which really seems to confuse some people) and the courser stuff isn't driving the bus (Yet even more helpfulness on my part, I'd say).
So, basically, if you're a highly intelligent person, likable, talented, with a great sense of humor and irony, an achiever, a born leader, a scholar and a lady or gentleman, then you should own this DVD. If you're a scabrous lurching Neanderthal look elsewhere for entertainment.
[The above statement was intended as an ironic comment on the whole review schtick and is not to be taken literally nor is it meant to offend Neanderthals--the noblest beings that ever lurched scabrously about the Earth. I mean, after all, there is no good or bad, right or wrong, up or down; everything is purely a matter of taste, isn't it. Say, why don't we do here what they do at Harvard--give everything an automatic Five Stars!]
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| Rating | | | Date | April 28, 2005 | | Summary | A solid spoof movie | Content
| I saw this movie when it first came out and wasn't too impressed, but after catching it on cable the other night I might have to rethink my opinion. Coming out in the early 90s, Fatal Instinct had to go up against Naked Gun and Hot Shots and then the poorly made Loaded Weapon I. But, a decade later, the spoofs have fallen in quality. The most recent, Scary Movie 3, was made by David Zucker, a man who should no what he's doing. Yet, Scary Movie 3 felt forced and tried to hard to be funny.
Fatal Instict, starring Armande Assante as a cop/lawyer is a throwback to the way spoof movies used to be made. I'm not saying its great, but the think I noticed is how serious all the actors are. They have no idea they're in a comedy. There is one scene where Assante eats the filling out of an Oreo cookie. The scene cuts away then cuts back and Assante has eaten the filling out of an entire box and the torn apart cookies are littered throughout the kitchen. Assante and Sherilynn Fenn carry on their conversation like this is normal.
Fatal Instict also stars Christopher McDonald, the actor I first noticed in Happy Gilmore playing Shooter McGavin.
Fatal Instict isn't a classic, but it is a solid spoof movie that knows to be a good spoof movie, the actors must believe they are in a drama. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 13, 2005 | | Summary | A Title For Your Review | Content
| I cant for the life of me work out how this film has gotten such good reviews? I love these slap stick kind of movies. But compared to the rest I've seen this Fatal Instinct holds no torch.
I had never heard of this film till I saw it in the cheapie bin of a DVD clearence pile and upon reading it was a slapstick comedy I thought it was going to be a barrel of laughs like simmaler movies. I was wrong. It started off ok, but the more it went along, the less funnier it got. It didnt have anything I would consider to be lasting quality either.
I give it 2 stars because it had a couple of bits I did laugh at, but this film could have been so much better.
I'd rather recomend instead of this movie...
- Kentucky Fried Movie
- Airplane 1& 2 / Flying High 1 & 2
- Naked Gun 1, 2 & 3
- Repossessed
- Silence Of The Hams
- Spaceballs
- HotShots 1 & 2
- Scary Movie
- Anything by Monty Python |
| Rating | | | Date | June 27, 2004 | | Summary | Wonderfully funny movie | Content
| Love this movie! After watching it on TV for the umptenth time, have decided to buy the DVD. It will be great to pull off the shelf for a good time! It's a humorous compilation of several good thriller/suspense movies, with a 1950-60s backdrop. Love the scene where they call recess during the courtroom trial. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 20, 2004 | | Summary | If you like Airplane, you'll howl at this gem of a movie | Content
| This brand of comedy is not for all, but if you like Airplane, Naked Gun, etc., then you'll love this movie. Some like this type of humor only with Leslie Nielson as the lead, but Armand Assante pulls this one off superbly as the dragnet-type of detective who happens to be a lawyer. Sean Young is terrific in her role as Lola, a scheming femme fatale. The movie spoofs other movies, but even if you don't catch them all, the humor is nonstop and, in some cases, hilarious enough to chuck your popcorn all over the floor... |
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