Black Widow
by Bob Rafelson
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Actor: Debra Winger, Dennis Hopper, Nicol Williamson, Sami Frey, Theresa RussellDirector: Bob Rafelson
Brand: BLACK WIDOW
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Black Widow
Movie Review: Vastly overrated, but kind of fun.
Summary: 2 Stars
Black Widow (Bob Rafelson, 1987)
I seem to be one of the few people who never quite got the obsession film viewers had with Ken and Theresa Russell. I'd heard Black Widow, in which Theresa plays the title character, bandied about for years as the height of sexy thriller-dom, so I finally got around to checking it out. While it's not a completely awful movie, it's not all that great, either.
Russell plays Catherine Petersen, a very rich lady who got that way when her previous husbands died under very mysterious circumstances. On the opposite side of the fence is Alexandra Barnes (Debra Winger), a Federal agent who, as the beginning of the movie progresses (and as we see the mysterious circumstances under which her latest late husband, played by Dennis Hopper, meets his end), becomes obsessed with tracking Petersen down and bringing her to task. Her boss (Terry O'Quinn) is worried that her obsession is clouding her judgment, so he orders her to take a vacation. She chooses Hawaii, which just happens to be where Petersen is wooing her potential next victim. Things get more comlicated when Alex falls for him as well.
And really, do we need more complexity than that? Whether we do or not, Ronald Bass' script gives it to us in spades. (Wait'll you see the climax, which is just beyond silly.) But despite all that, it's quite a pretty thing, as you'd have to expect from any film that's half-set in Hawaii (to be fair, it's probably more beautiful because Alex's office is so dingy), and both Winger and Russell overact this thing halfway to heaven. Oh, so stupid, but it's the kind of empty-calorie movie that once you've started, you just can't stop. **
Summary of Black Widow
Bob Rafelson directs this dark psychological thriller about the seductive interplay between two intriguing women. Catharine (THERESA RUSSELL) is a sultry beauty who meticulously sets her traps. Alex (DEBRA WINGER) is a federal sleuth who just as meticulously uncovers what no one else suspects-that this femme fatale tricks wealthy men into marrying her, then kills them to inherit their fortunes. Soon Alex's obsession with the mysterious Catharine draws her deeper and deeper into danger.Drama DVD Video
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