Be that as it may, apparently there was still too much sex for the MPAA, who slapped the film with an NC-17.
These films are cast with A-list movie stars and directed by world-class filmmakers.
Alas, the turgid drama, based on a Patricia Highsmith potboiler and starring a listless Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas as open lovers who detest each other, is a turkey, a straight-to-streaming dud that evokes better ideas from better movies and fails to be neither erotic nor thrilling.
Lyne would have similar success in the genre with Indecent Proposal and the aforementioned Unfaithful.
Blue is the Warmest Color There's a reason why French cinema has earned a reputation for giving moviegoers some of the most the risqué scenes in history.
Sharon Stone re-teamed with "Basic Instinct" screenwriter Joe Eszterhas in this erotic thriller in which Stone stars as a tenant in a New York City high-rise where the previous occupant of her apartment died under suspicious circumstances.