Jeremy Irons won an Academy Award for his performance in this crime mystery based on the true story of a...
Jeremy Irons won an Academy Award for his performance in this crime mystery based on the true story of a wealthy socialite who hires brilliant law professor Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) to help overturn his convictions for the attempted murder of his wife (Glenn Close). Director Barbet Schroeder was nominated for an Oscar, as was screenwriter Nicholas Kazan for adapting Dershowitz' book.
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Where to watch Reversal of Fortune (1990)
92 %53 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
78 %5,499 reviewsAudience score rating
""Reversal of Fortune" is above all a triumph of tone. The director, Barbet Schroeder, and the writer, Nicholas Kazan, have not made a docudrama or a sermon, but a film about personalities."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Schroeder’s spellbinder is a potent anomaly: a feeling film about the lack of feeling that defined an era."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"The filmmakers are having a marvelous time rich-bashing."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"Irons's canny performance dominates the film. He plays the role with apparent frankness and dignity rather than melodramatic villainy, and Schroeder's camera frames him in isolation to convey his bleakness and solitude."
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TV Guide
TV GuideReversal of Fortune (1990) | Details
- Runtime
- 111
- Genre
- Drama, True Story & Biography
- Country of origin
- USA, Japan, UK
