The Comfort of Strangers

1990

Action / Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 24 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 7093 7.1K

venice, italy lover seduction

Plot summary

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.

Director

Paul Schrader Photo
Paul Schrader

Top cast

Rossana Canghiari Photo
Rossana Canghiari as Hotel Maid
Helen Mirren Photo
Helen Mirren as Caroline
Christopher Walken Photo
Christopher Walken as Robert
Natasha Richardson Photo
Natasha Richardson as Mary
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810.68 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 4
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jervistetch 5 / 10

So Bad It's Good

This is one of those movies like "Mommie Dearest" that, after the first viewing, you're not sure that you could have possibly seen what you think you saw. It's so over the top that you need to shower afterward. And then, for some twisted reason, you watch it again and you start to like it. Everything about it is preposterous (though, Venice looks cool). Natasha Richardson and Rupert Everett play, perhaps, the dullest couple to ever grace the screen. It is impossible to care about, or even understand, the emotional quandary they're going through. Helen Mirren is completely insane, but nothing can prepare you for the vintage, bravura Walken performance. His monologue about his father (that he delivers more than once in a dubious Italian accent) is a zenith in the Hammy Hall of Fame. Seek out someone else that has seen it and recite that monologue to each other in a bad Italian dialect and you will seldom in your life laugh harder. Rent (or buy, as I have) quickly and brace yourself.
Reviewed by jiminycricket 7 / 10

A Lincoln Center Film Festival and rightly so

This is the second Harold Pinter film I have seen during the Harold Pinter film festival being held at Lincoln Center in New York. I think his adaptations are great. Paul Schrader's direction in this movie was wonderful. The long shots and thoughtful portrayal of the surroundings added immensely to the overall beauty and cleverness of the film. You need to be able to get a sense of the place where the movie takes place. I believe Schrader captured Venice perfectly. When I traveled in Italy, the only place I ever felt uneasy was walking through Venice at night. Walken is a genius, regardless of what people say about him. He has the same stage presence as a Brando, Dean or Steiger. He embodies his character. I would recommend anyone to see this film and am encouraging my 30 yr old son who is an aspiring actor to see it and learn from the masters!
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