Product Details

• Actors: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald
• Directors: Carl Reiner
• Writers: David O'Malley
• Producers: Katie Jacobs, Pierce Gardner, Pieter Jan Brugge
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008972V
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,744 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Fatal Instinct" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Sex murder and revenge were never this funny.A hot chick with an ice pick takes a stab at love-and laughter-in this hysterically funny spoof from the director of The Jerk and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. "The gags come fast and furious" (The Hollywood Reporter) as the all-star cast-including Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings) Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) Kate Nelligan (The Prince of Tides) and Sean Young (No Way Out)-pokes hilarious fun at such steamy thrillers as Basic Instinct Fatal Attraction Sleeping With the Enemy and Cape Fear.Lana. Laura. Lola. They're beautiful sexy-and all after Ned Ravine! One wants to marry him. One wants to kill him. And the other just plain wants him-dead or alive!System Requirements:Starring: Armand Assante Sherilyn Fenn Kate Nelligan Tony Randall Sean Young Directed By: Carl Reiner Running Time: 90 Min. Color Copyright 2003 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 027616884435 Manufacturer No: 1004363

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FATALLY FUNNY, March 25, 2006

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fatal Instinct (DVD)

Carl Reiner's FATAL INSTINCT is a surprisingly funny spoof of movies like FATAL ATTRACTION, BASIC INSTINCT, AND CHINATOWN. It benefits from a lot of AIRPLANE like sight gags and some wonderful one liners tossed off by its unusual cast. Armand Assante, not known for comedic roles, is very funny as the cop/lawyer embroiled in with a beautiful stalker (Sean Young in a sexy performance), and a greedy wife (the usually dramatic Kate Nelligan just perfect in this role) and her dumb lover (Christopher McDonald) who plan to bump him off. Add a vindictive ex-con (James Remar), a devoted secretary (Sherilyn Fenn) and Judge Tony Randall and you have the ingredients for a rather hilarious send up. I laughed a lot and I think you will too!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie. But DVD is lacking., May 1, 2003

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Jon "Jon" (Jacksonville) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fatal Instinct (DVD)

I loved this movie. It was hilarious. It is a spoof tha twas a response to the rash of, I don't how else to put it, "troubled marriage" movies that came out around this time. It makes fun of Fatal Attraction as well as Sleeping with the Enemy. Absolutly hilarious. HOWEVER, is only comes in STANDARD. I do not understand why a wide screen version is not available. The direector originally intended the movie to be widescreen. Keep it that way. If you must have one side of the DVD Standard and the other side widescreen. Grrr....

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Armand Assante is hilarious!, March 11, 2006

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harry44callahan (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Instinct (DVD)

This is one hilarious spoof movie, but what really makes it outstanding is Armand Assante. Seeing Assante playing such a role adds immeasurably to the humor of this movie! Anyone familiar with Assante knows he has always played dramatic/heavy roles until this (check out his performance in "Q&A" with Nick Nolte or "I,the Jury" for powerful examples), and that alone carries this film to must-see status! Truly outstanding!