Product Details

• Actors: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Michael Forest
• Directors: Uli Edel
• Writers: Brad Mirman
• Producers: Bernd Eichinger, Dino De Laurentiis, Herman Weigel, Mel Dellar, Melinda Jason
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Unknown)
• Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006L92K
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,929 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Madonna isn't merely the prime suspect in the scandalous murder of a millionaire with kinky appetites; she's the murder weapon itself in this erotic thriller in the Basic Instinct mode. The art gallery owner by day and icy-blond dominatrix by night is accused of, shall we say, "loving" her victim to death, and Willem Dafoe is the happily married lawyer she lures into the dark thrills of pleasure and pain. The actual mystery is perfunctory at best and the absurd courtroom theatrics a mere formality in a film far more fascinated with sweaty sex, hot wax, and broken glass. Madonna isn't shy about her body and seems to enjoy the games her character plays, but she's no Sharon Stone; there's no danger smoldering behind her seduction. Like her notorious book Sex, this is a handsomely shot work of pure exhibitionism. --Sean Axmaker

Product Description
Grammy® and Golden Globe® winner Madonna stars with Oscar® nominees* Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer and Julianne Moore in this "bold, shocking and titillating" ("Entertainment Tonight Radio") erotic thriller. Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) is a powerful woman. Intelligent, successful and breathtakingly beautiful, she can bring almost any man to his knees. And that's exactly where she wants them. But when a night of sexual abandon ends in the death of a prominent businessman, Rebecca finds herself on trial for murder. Now it's up to her attorney (Dafoe) to proveher innocence...but when he becomes entangled in her web of erotic game-playing, his body of evidence begins to contain as many curves as his client. *Dafoe: Supporting Actor, Shadow of the Vampire (2000); Platoon (1986); Archer: Supporting Actress, Fatal Attraction (1987); Moore: Actress, The End of the Affair (1999); Supporting Actress, Boogie Nights (1997); Supporting Actress, The Hours (2002); Actress, Far From Heaven (2002)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am ashamed, but I love this movie, December 29, 2001

By	[e-mail] (morecambe, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Body of Evidence (Rated) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ok, so the plot of this film may be laughable - the only person who seems to break the law
is dafoe's character (who illegally has sexual relations with his client, and commits rape),
but that's not the point of watching this movie.
The reason I would recommend this film is simple - watching madonna, the sexiest woman ever,
doing what she does best. She looks incredible, and her performance is excellent. The only
criticisms I would have of 'body of evidence' are that we seem to see dafoe naked more often
than madonna, and the sex scenes have large sections edited out of them.
The film's most (in)famous scene, where madonna seduces dafoe, ties him up with his own belt
then teases and tortures him by pouring hot wax onto his body is, in my opinion, the sexiest ever
commited to celluloid, with great preformances from both actors. Quite frankly, I can't beleive
how lucky willem dafoe is, getting paid to film this scene with madonna.
The 'twist' at the end of the movie is predictable and pretty dull, but I give 'body of evidence'
five out of five for madonna's unbelievable body.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This body's a stiff, January 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Body of Evidence (Unrated Version) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The spectacularly mediocre Madonna once again wastes valuable celluloid trying to convince the moviegoing public that she can act. (For all I know, she might be sexy, but you have to be able to act to exude it on screen.) I pity the incalculably more talented Julianne Moore for having this piece of dung staining her resume.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as Madonna-haters would have you think, August 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Body of Evidence (Unrated Version) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Although, not the most brilliant movie ever made it iscertainly not the worst. Madonna was herald as the reason this moviewas so horrible, but if you notice her performance in no better or worse than any of the other actors. And,as always she bares the entire burden of our (the public's) hang-ups. You know what though? All that aside, it's a fairly decent movie. I mean, it does, at least have a plot, and there is suspense and sex (general movie fare). If you're a fan of the now ethereal girl, this is a gem and milestone from her past.