Deathtrap
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Movie Reviews of Deathtrap
Movie Review: Everything it should be...
Summary: 4 Stars
Suspense, tension, humor, surprise twists... this one's got it all. It works on so many levels.
I watched this again recently and for the first time realized what an opportunity this was for Reeve to display more of his acting range. As for Michael Caine, well he was brilliant as ever in his Deathtrap role.
Well worth picking up.
Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
A stylish and inventive thriller, Deathtrap is hurt by a terrible performance by Dyan Cannon as Michael Caine's wife and an ending that doesn't quite work, but is still definitely worth watching for its fun twists and turns.
Movie Review: Great Suspense!
Summary: 4 Stars
One of my favorite mysteries as the suspense builds nicely with lots of twists and turns to keep the viewer enthralled. This is Class A entertainment with fine performances from Caine, Reeves and Cannon.Movie Review: FILM VERSION OF "DEATHTRAP" LESS FRIGHTENING THAN STAGE VERSION
Summary: 3 Stars
In the early 1980's, I saw a stage production of Ira Levin's "Deathtrap." It was a theatre-in-the-round presentation, with very little space between the actors and the audience. The production was truly one of the most intense and frightening theatrical experiences of my life. Director Sidney Lumet's 1982 film is a reasonably faithful adaptation of Levin's play; with a screenplay by Jay Presson Allen and production design by Tony Walton. But "Deathtrap" truly belongs on stage. Film, being a different medium of course, lacks the immediacy of the stage. What's missing from the film is a sense of immediate danger/terror. Thus, the overall impact of "Deathtrap" is considerably lessened on film. The lack of direct chills is compensated for by the two fine central performances of Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve.
Michael Caine is full of murderous menace as washed-up playwright Sidney Bruhl. Bruhl needs a hit play, badly-- and he knows his former student Clifford Anderson (Christopher Reeve) has written a sure-fire hit thriller. Dyan Cannon is obligated to give a hysterical performance as Sidney's clueless wife Myra. She screams hysterically and she laughs hysterically. Cannon should not be faulted. It's essential the audience knows Myra is a nervous, easily frightened type. Because, without giving too much away, the plot that initially unfolds turns out to be a plot by Sidney and Clifford to scare Myra literally to death. Irene Worth is also featured in the cast as Helga Ten Dorp, the psychic next door. But the film depends on the chemistry between Caine and Reeve. Christopher Reeve, who more than holds his own opposite Caine, convincingly plays against type as Clifford, the gay, arrogant, sociopathic student playwright who would just as soon kill Sidney as kiss him.
Movie Review: Like watching a movie of a play of a play.
Summary: 3 Stars
A good suspense movie, the who-done-it kind of mystery. It feels as if you were watching a play on screen. Ironically enough, the movie is about a play. Michael Caine delivers a shrilling performance, and Reeves is ok too, definitely like him more as Superman.
The movie starts off slowly, buy quickly picks up the pace. It's one of those movies where everybody suspects everybody else.
This movie is OK and just that.