I knew this movie was bad but even I am surprised at how rough this review from the always warm and fuzzy Manohla Dargis is. Check it out:
IT should come as no surprise that "Basic Instinct 2," the long-gestating follow-up to Paul Verhoeven's 1992 blip on the zeitgeist screen, is a disaster of the highest or perhaps lowest order. It is also no surprise that this joyless calculation, which was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and possesses neither the first film's sleek wit nor its madness, is such a prime object lesson in the degradation that can face Hollywood actresses, especially those over 40. Acting always involves a degree of self-abasement, but just watching trash like this is degrading.
Ouch.
Posted by: Ari Moore | March 31, 2006 at 07:42 AM