Visitors Review

(2012-05-26 02:26)

WARNING

This is not exactly a review, more of a warning: never, and I mean never watch this movie together with your wife/girlfriend. Because if you do, inevitably you will be asked a question at some point: would you agree to take the money if you were Woody Harrelson's character? WHATEVER you answer will be WRONG. Don't want to ruin your relationship - watch this one alone.

tfrizzell (2012-05-25 15:09)

Don't Know Much About Chemistry.

A married yuppie couple (Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore) gets hit hard byrecession. So now what? Las Vegas anyone? Naturally that idea is not thebest in the world, but things look up (kind of) when rich businessman RobertRedford wants to borrow Moore for a weekend (and pay $1,000,000). We allknow that Redford has not made this proposition to just sit and talk withMoore though. And of course therein lies "Indecent Proposal". DirectorAdrian Lyne (who hit gold with "Fatal Attraction" in 1987) tries to createanother adult pot-boiler, but really this film is a major bore. It is waytoo talkative, too long and too silly to engross. The three leads just donot play well together (no pun intended) and the chemistry lab never doesopen. 2 stars out of 5.

Chris Hicks (2012-05-22 14:59)

Indecent Proposal should prove once and for all that Robert Redford can rescue even the dumbest movie, just by showing up and flashing that killer smile.

Theo Robertson (2012-05-22 03:57)

Great Premise But...

INDECENT PROPOSAL is a great example of a great premise for a movie -Would you allow your wife to sleep with a complete stranger for onemillion dollars ? and it's not too difficult to understand why thismovie was so talked about on its initial release . Well would you ? The one problem that the movie suffers from is that Robert Redford wascast as John Gage , the middle aged billionaire who desires the companyof Demi Moore's character Diane Murphy . Robert Redford who aged in hismid fifties looks about ten years younger and who still female fans tothis day . One can't help thinking that Adrian Lyne would have been farbetter off exploiting the premise further by casting a much morephysically repulsive actor as Gage . Some defenders may claim thatRedford equals good box office and certainly this movie did superbly asfar as world wide receipt's go , but it's a movie whose main sellingpoint must be the simple central idea and would have perhaps ended up amuch better film . It's interesting to note that when women in theirlate 30s to early 50s answer the question " Would you ? " they usuallyend up replying " Robert Redford ! I'd go to bed with him for free " . INDECENT PROPOSAL isn't a great movie despite the great premise and Ifound Lyne's directing style a bit too 1980s with a couple of scenesthat are a bit too pop video for my liking but despite not being thegreatest actors in the history of cinema both Moore and Woody Harrelsondo enough to make the audience feel for their characters who findthemselves in a dilemma . Yeah maybe it's Hollywood trash but it'sengaging Hollywood trash

Nicholas Rhodes (2012-05-20 21:16)

Doutbful premise but very good film

In the case of this film, I make the difference between my own views onthe moral issues involved and the quality of the film itself. Morallyof course, it is all very reprehensible, you cannot sell your wife fora quick lay, even if there is a lot of money involved. I am sure thisidea will have shocked 80 percent of the world, even though in the USA,and even worse in Europe, being unfaithful in a marriage is no longerconsidered a sin. Also, money is shown as opening the doors toeverything, which is also morally wrong. Money is a tool which issupposed to enable people to live their daily lives but in excess it isobviously bad - just look at the whims of millionnaires ! The same maybe applied to excesses of eating, drinking and smoking. Abuse all theseand you will suffer! That apart, the film was actually veryentertaining to watch. Notably, photography, lighting and music scorewere excellent. I am no particular fan either of Redford or of DemiMoore but both gave excellent performances. I was amazed by one or twoplot inconsistencies ... we don't know whether Demi Moore left Redfordbecause of the story he made up in the car or whether really she hadsecond thoughts about her divorce proceedings. It is not clear. Whenshe goes and sits on that misty jetty at the end, I found it anincredible coincidence that her husband just happened to be sittingthere in the other seat on the same day at the same time. It justdoesn't seem plausible and I supposed it was just put in to make theending happy. That said, I like films with happy endings ... I don'tlike the cynics who want films to have sad endings under the pretext ofit being more realistic. Its just a ploy to be different from otherpeople which doesn't have any grounds. So I was most pleased by theending, even if the artifice used to lead us to it seems a bitfar-fetched. I am absolutely amazed to read in the comments here that "most women would sleep with Robert Redford for free, let alone amillion dollars ". Who are these women ? The local gang of prostitutes? Don't they have any self-respect, or is it just readers trying to beprovocative ? I am shocked to hear this sort of thing, as if it wassomething banal, inevitable and to be expected. Robert REdford is justa man like anyone else. Why are people turning him into some kind ofGod ???? I have plenty of favorite and attractive actrices in the filmsI watch but I hadn't envisaged for one minute going to bed with them,either for a million dollars or for a bag of crisps!

say_silence (2012-05-20 13:42)

Out class movie

This is an out standing love story movie. demimore perform very well in the movie and she was looking so attractive in this movie. because of her out class acting and actractive love story this is one of my favourit movie.

CHRISTY (2012-05-20 07:09)

Loved The Acting And Story!

Hard to describe this movie all I can say itI really enjoyed it. The relationship betweenDemi Moore character and Woody Harrleson characterwas very touching. I enjoyed how Robert Redfordscharacter was so rich had everything you could imagin except someone to share all that with.I will not give away the ending but it is verytouching. Please give this movie a try.I know alot of people disliked this moviehowever I disagree.

coza_usa (2012-05-19 18:35)

Can I say overrated?

The main characters are really not believable.Robert Redford plays the cliche calm and suave tycoon who gets what hewantsincluding women. The only difference here is that somehow his characterhasgenuine feelings about love. Whatever!!!Woody Harrelson's portrayal of a loving husband who is willing to give hiswife to some rich jackass (Robert Redford) for one night only to momentslater utterly regret that decision is a joke.SPOILER I can say Demi Moore's character is the worst. How the helldoesshe manage to fall for the guy (Redford) who turned her into a prostitute?Is this where the male director and male writer play out their fantasy?

penisandtesticles (2012-05-19 22:08)

horrible

This was one of the biggest pieces of crap I have ever had to watch. Imean, seriously. How would anybody else feel if they were in WoodyHarrelson's shoes and your wife was even CONSIDERING it would be a goodidea to sleep with the other guy even for a million bucks. After all,she was the one talking about it in bed and saying how it would be goodfor them since he can build his house or whatever with that money.Woody never fully agreed to it until she talked him into it. How CANyou trust her? Who the hell would actually even consider that if theywere married? I don't care how desperate they were. That's the mostridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life. Then, he flips out onher. Apparently, he had no right to mistrust her, other than the factthat his wife just slept with another dude who is extremely rich andhandsome. Oh and wait, then he's supposed to apologize to HER after shefiles for the divorce so she can be with the guy she slept with. Ofcourse Woody has no right to say anything to her or mistrust herespecially after she still has Roy Hobb's card in her wallet. Then, atthe end of the movie, she's apparently so in love with Woody still andmisses him so much, that she was not going to leave Hobbs until he madesome ridiculously stupid story up to try to hint to her to leave, andshe bleeping thanks Hobbs???? Are you bleeping kidding me? Was sheunder contract as his sex slave or something?? I mean what the bleep??Oh and wait it gets better. She bleeping kisses him passionately beforeshe gets out of the car. Yea, she's not a whore. Oh, thank you forletting me go, let me go make out with you one last time for good ole'sake. Smooch smooch, smooch even though I'm still married to a guy Ileft for a rich guy. I have never seen such a piece of crap in my life.How the hell are we supposed to feel good after that horrible ending?What was this movie supposed to represent? NOTHING CAME OUT OF THIS!This was the most pointless movie I have ever seen in my life. Twopathetic desperate people. If I were Woody, I would tell her to godrown herself in that body of water they were near. Apparently, he hadno self respect. What the hell was Roy Hobbs thinking by taking thishorrible role. I feel like puking after watching this. This movie wasso bad, it was seriously laughable. I want those two hours of my lifeback that I wasted watching this piece of ****.

Jessica Kolk (2012-05-19 06:01)

Not so good as I imagined

I heard so much about Indecent Proposal, and after watching it, I cansay that it is not everything that I expected to be. First,I thought it would have much more passion,drama and even mystery.Second: I hated the end: it is totally unlikely. So Hollywood's style.The character John Gage has too many contradictory actions: He boughtDiana's and David's house,persues Diana in her work, and even goesafter her in her citizenship's class,showing how obsessed with her, heis. Then,in the end, just because David was sad with his divorce withDiana,John decides to break with her,touched with David's action.I mean, John already have destroyed Diana's and David's wedding,showingthat he never cared about the fact that they were a couple, in lovewith each other. So, he breaking with Diana because he was sad with thesituation, didn't matched at all.

(2012-05-17 18:11)

She Shoulda Said No

Demi and Woody are married, but they're poor. They meet Robert Redford, and he's REALLY rich. He takes a fancy to Demi, and since he's a gambling man he makes the couple an "indecent proposal:" one million dollars for a night with the little woman. And at this point you need watch no more of the film because you can put the details together in your sleep. Of course Demi is going to accept the offer. If she doesn't there's no first half of the movie. Of course it will affect Demi and Woody's marriage. If it doesn't there's no second half of the movie. And of course everything will turn out okay by the time the credits roll. If it doesn't, there's no happy ending. The absolute best thing you can say about INDECENT PROPOSAL is that Demi Moore looks good in a black dress. As for the rest... The script is incompetent, the direction amateurish, the performances negligable. I suspect Redford, Moore, and Harrelson blush and change the subject every time the film is mentioned. Do them--and more importantly yourself--a favor. Unless some one offers you a million... Miss It!

Tim (2012-05-17 01:27)

Better than a Book

I just saw this movie on HBO I just came on yahoo to find out who the hell the director was because this movie was so well made with all of the suddle symbolism and imagery used. Nearly every shot was significant in some way to the characters. They took a simple plot here and drew a great amount of meaning from it in a way that did not insult our intelligence as an audience. There was obviously a great amount of attention paid to detail in telling this story in a way that only a movie could tell it as opposed to a novel and you NEVER see that anymore!

(2012-05-16 05:39)

Indecent Proposal

A struggling yuppie couple is offered $1,000,000 to let another man sleep with the wife. Adrian Lyne brings us a movie about a desperate couple in need of money. A millionaire offers the couple a million dollars for one night with the wife. This is a movie everyone seems to know about. Its a classic movie. The actors give great performance. I enjoyed it. Somethings are not for sale.

(2012-05-15 14:31)

Fair, I Guess...

Im only writing this review because I just finished watching the movie, I know its old, but I was changing channels and there it was... The only good thing I found about this movie was the very memorable story.

Jeremy (2012-05-15 06:27)

Bad plot

I find this movie to be majorly flawed. I'm usually a big Robert Redford fan, but even Redford couldn't save this movie's terrible plot, which is disturbing and not credible. This movie is anything but entertainment.

gftbiloxi (2012-05-14 20:33)

Formula Film Making At Its Most Uninspired

Demi and Woody are married, but they're poor. They meet Robert Redford,and he's REALLY rich. He takes a fancy to Demi, and since he's agambling man he makes the couple an "indecent proposal:" one milliondollars for a night with the little woman.At this point you need watch no more of the film because you can putthe details together in your sleep. Of course Demi is going to acceptthe offer. If she doesn't there's no first half of the movie. Of courseit will affect Demi and Woody's marriage. If it doesn't there's nosecond half of the movie. And of course everything will turn out okayby the time the credits roll. If it doesn't, there's no happy endingfor the sake of box office.The absolute best thing you can say about INDECENT PROPOSAL is thatDemi Moore looks good in a black dress. As for the rest... The scriptis incompetent, the direction amateurish, the performances negligible.I suspect Redford, Moore, and Harrelson blush and change the subjectevery time the film is mentioned. Do them--and more importantlyyourself--a favor. Unless some one offers you a million... Miss It!Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer

(2012-05-13 04:50)

about wealth

amazingly objective... love is the greatest wealth on earth and poor is the man who is in lack of it... this experience had to be eternized...

(2012-05-12 16:55)

One of the most entertaining morality plays

INDECENT PROPOSAL, along with THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves) are two of the most entertaining morality plays out there. The moral to the story, without needing to go into Christian theology or anything else is really simple: there's no such thing as a free lunch. I remember when the movie was out in the theatres and the many sound bite talk show people would ask guests and people on the street if they would do what the couple Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson did in the film; so many fools said "yes, in a heartbeat" and I wondered about the education system of our country! The line of the stylish Robert Redford when Demi Moore accused him (while slowly being seduced by him) of being a man "who likes to own things" summed up the whole movie: "You think I need to BUY women?" Redford, a man in this movie who as a billionaire has seen and caused the birth and death of multi-national corporations the size of ancient civilizations, knew EXACTLY what would happen to their marriage, and to their mind- and to her heart, if they knowingly accepted this proposal most indecent. He depended on THEIR arrogance and scoffing at the fragile nature of human relationships and the invisible architecture of the human soul; knowing, like every man (and woman) with a secret plan for another human being, that that would bring about the predictable but unexpected chain of outer events. The movie's most poignant turn, however, is when he reveals the road not taken in HIS life, with all his billions, and how that has generated much of his actions. Only then do we really discover under no uncertain terms what he wants, and what he is willing to do to get it. That really begins the falling domino of epiphanies that leads to the revealing of the gentle, fragile and beautiful hearts of all three of the characters, and the transcendent power of love, committment and surrender. It's a good guy/girl movie as well, because Woody Harrelson is so much the All-American man, full of rambunctious flaws and money problems (can't relate), where Robert Redford is, well, Robert Redford; he is the next best thing to Sean Connery's James Bond in this movie when it comes to the debonair, power- broker man the women couldn't resist if he had a 30k a year job, let alone making 30k every couple of hours. The testosterone is there. Combine that with the transformation of both of their characters because of the love of Demi Moore, who can play the dichotomous strong/weak women better than most of the Hollywood actresses out there still (if she would just take better scripts- aren't the bills paid sweetie?), and you've got more intelligent INNER action, romance and sympathy than you can shake a stick at.Worth owning. Ignore some of it's flaws (too miniscule to mention really; if you want CASABLANCA than buy that for Gawd sakes) and you'll have a great time with it- perhaps even learn something about yourself that you didn't know you knew.

Paul A. Cook (2012-05-10 02:58)

Way over the top...

Come on!This movie is just hilarious.As Jim Carrey would say....."was that Over the Top?....I can nevertell".What really got to me, was the scene were Woody goes into the betting hall,and he sees a thousand visions of Demi Moore, getting "ridden" by RobertRedford.....TOO MUCH.I also LOVED the scene, when the dirty deed had been done, and she meetsWoody back in the hotel suite, and he seemingly tries to "wipe off" RobertRedford from her lips.....TRULY HILARIOUS.

(2012-05-09 15:04)

Starts and ends on the wrong note

It's an excellent idea - can a marriage survive a Faustian sexual pact with a millionaire? - but in this movie it doesn't work. Perhaps it's because Robert Redford and Demi Moore are not quite right for the parts, or perhaps it's because the dialogue is not sharp enough, but the viewer finds it hard both to figure out what motivates Redford and to sympathize with Moore. The portrayal of the young couple's marriage is fairly convincing, but the ending is bizarre and more appropriate to a Chevy Chase film.