Product Details

• Actors: Michael Moriarty, Joanna Pacula, Boyd Kestner, Peter Onorati, Nathaniel DeVeaux
• Directors: Ruben Preuss
• Writers: Anthony Stark, Sean Smith
• Producers: Chad Oakes, Greg Malcolm, Kevin Goetz, Larry Gershman, Vicki Sotheran
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Avalanche
• VHS Release Date: December 19, 2000
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000053UZF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,175 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars painting by the numbers (and the numb), July 2, 2007

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J. W. Hickey (Manhattan area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of Murder (DVD)

The first rule of storytelling (one that too many films of the 1970s-1990s ignored) is that an interesting or suspenseful plot requires characters with whom one may sympathize. THE ART OF MURDER fails this test, as it trots out a hoary adultery/ murder set-up and then drags its feet through every convention associated with such melodramas.

I bought THE ART OF MURDER because Michael Moriarity has appeared in so few products after he walked off LAW AND ORDER. His voice in this more recent effort suggests perhaps a bout of throat surgery. While it is understandable to want to play against type, his loutish alcoholic tycoon is beyond his (or our) grasp.

And the title of the movie refers to a plot detail too arbitrary to merit attention.