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Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Andie MacDowell (Actor), Peter Gallagher (Actor), Steven Soderbergh (Director) Rated:
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3.7 out of 5 stars 371 customer reviews
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With smoldering sensuality and biting humor, the surprising relationship between the three title subjects isrevealed in sex, lies, and videotape, the most-talked about erotic comedy of the decade. James Spader(TV's "Boston Legal") ran away with the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his brilliantly understatedand seductive performance as Graham, a long-lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of John,a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife Ann, and her saucy sister Cynthia. One by one, each is drawn into the very"personal project" Graham is working on, leaving the relationships between them forever transformed. A monumental debut effort from first-time feature director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Twelve, Traffic, Erin Brockovich), this comic original includes riveting performances from Peter Gallagher (American Beauty), Andie MacDowell (Michael) and Laura San Giacomo (TV's "Just Shoot Me").

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  • Actors: Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, James Spader, Laura San Giacomo
  • Directors: Steven Soderbergh
  • Producers: John Hardy, Robert F. Newmyer
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 4.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
    R
    Restricted
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: October 6, 1998
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (371 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 0767812158
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,662 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" on IMDb

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5.0 out of 5 starsSomehow more relevant than ever
By DVW on May 29, 2016
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The Eighties were a terrible time for American movies. I know, I was there. In 1980, Pauline Kael prefigured the malaise to come in a famous essay called "Why Are Movies So Bad? Or, the Numbers". While it seemed like a strange essay to write in 1980, after coming off an incredible -- arguably the best -- decade in the history of American film, the signs were already there, the machinery in place: in short, studios were now run by bean-counters rather than by "movie-men" as in the Golden Days of Yore. Dollars were what mattered, solely. Before, studio chiefs like, say, Louis B. Mayer or David O. Selznick actually CARED if the movies their studios produced were good, along with caring if they made a profit. These men came up in the Silent Era. They had invented movies; they cared about them. The movies were their babies. By 1980, those men were gone.

And so followed a decade of tedious (and now forgotten) summer blockbusters, not much different than today, only there were more movies about *dancing* back then. (Now, it's all superheroes, solely.) Truly interesting American movies were few and far between. Until 1989, when an unknown named Steven Soderbergh came along with a provocatively titled film called "Sex, Lies, & Videotape".

Result? The inauguration of the independent-film boom of the Nineties. "SL&V" made Miramax a juggernaut. Sundance (where the film debuted, winning the Audience Award) became a must-go, must-submit festival: for the next 10 years, everyone went there looking for the next "SL&V" (and often found it). This strange little movie about videorecording, onanism, and the lies we tell others and ourselves completely changed the game and created what I fear was America's last renaissance in film.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsIf you haven't, you should.
By Barry J. on July 20, 2016
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Very interesting view of the different ways and rates at which people come to terms with their sexuality, if they do at all. Excellent performances by people who look SOOO young and gorgeous. I've seen bits and pieces of this film at various times, but decided that it was time to see it top to bottom. VERY happy that I did, and now, a couple of days later, I regard the viewing as time invested rather than spent. It's interesting that a film so totally given over to lust and sexuality has no nudity of any type, full or otherwise. I think that the film manages to keep the viewer's interest with other views of the people involved, and though I enjoy nudity as a general rule, I think that here it would have been a distraction, perhaps an insurmountable one. I'd be hard pressed to come up with even a single worthwhile thing I learned from this film, and yet I feel emotionally richer for having seen it. Go figure.
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4.0 out of 5 starsRemember the 80s? Good times man, good times...
By Amazon Video 2017 Customer on August 25, 2016
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I remember seeing this movie in a crowded theater and the reaction then... It was late 89 or something like that.. and we were in our 3rd team of the Reagan political dynasty with the first Bush.... It was really provocative for its time and gave credible proof that females really do masturbate. Still didn't believe that for another 11 years, but it was nice to have watch and hear some frank discussions about sex and betrayal... The acting performances were top notch... Who didn't fall in love with that sexy husky voice of Laura San Gicomomo...? Miss all that 80s hair too... sigh...
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4.0 out of 5 starsI cannot tell a lie
By Paul Mays on June 15, 2016
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Hadn't seen it since it was new. Better than I remembered. Believable characters, well acted. It has a grainy, low budget look that ties in nicely to the camcorder theme. There are interesting religious undercurrents that you could miss if you aren't paying attention. The preponderance of talk about sex almost overwhelms the real message about lying.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis film is a nearly perfect rendering of adult sexual misbehavior contrasted with profound sexual ...
By Amazon Customer on August 10, 2016
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This film is a nearly perfect rendering of adult sexual misbehavior contrasted with profound sexual repression. The way the film pulled me in with Andie MacDowell's southern lady affect contrasted with her sister's sexually liberal attitudes and practice did not prepare me for for the ending, which surprisingly was not super confrontatonal amongst the actors. The James Spader does do his subtle, signature performance to a tee in this one and stole the show. Great motion picture.
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3.0 out of 5 starsSo after the years of hype I was disappointed. But that's not to say the film wasn't ...
By tselliot on June 15, 2016
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I'd heard about this film for years but never saw it. So after the years of hype I was disappointed. But that's not to say the film wasn't good. I think it touched on many aspects of the human condition with regards to relationships, who can be frivolous and what is it to be sexual or how different our way of sexuality can be. I think film glosses over all of this and hints at how deep the rabbit hole really is. I think the script holds the actors back from exploring these topics and we're only allowed to experience the "cliff notes" of the films plot. It would great to see a remake that delves deeper into the chasms of these topics and let us experience the darkness and the light of their lives.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating
By Mike Sturak on November 17, 2012
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Sex, Lies and Video Tape (1989) James Spader Andie MacDowel, Peter Gallagher
Rated R

I avoided this film ever since its original release, assuming it was just simply gratuitous sleaze.
Boy was I ever mistaken. Although blunt and sensually erotic, this movie is sublimely thoughtful and uncompromisingly fascinating as it explores the sexual nature of men and women and all of their inherent misgivings, disillusionment and confusion.
This is a provocative Indie film which delves deeply into the arena of inter-personal relationships.
It's not for the easily offended or for those looking for escapist entertainment. This is pure character driven narrative, extremely well acted and directed.
Boldly honest and thoughtful throughout.

Quotes:

Ann:
"Anyway, being happy isn't all that great. I mean, the last time I was really happy... I got so fat. I must have put on 25 pounds."

Ann:
"I think that um... I think that sex is overrated. I think that people place far too much importance on it, and I think that stuff about women wantin' it just as bad as men is crap. I mean I think that women want it, I just don't think that they want it for the same reason that men think they do."

Graham:
"I remember reading somewhere that men learn to love the person that they're attracted to, and that women become more and more attracted to the person that they love."
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Loved it

Published 13 days ago by Paul Ruel
4.0 out of 5 starsTimes have changed...even sex, lies and videotape have

I remembered seeing this movie so so long ago. I remembered I liked it. I didn't quite remember it though.... I had such an insane crush on James Spade...wow, he has changed. Read more

Published 17 days ago by L.A.Sharp
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Good acting - but the story is slow paced.

Published 23 days ago by jberickson
4.0 out of 5 starsThe movie is good and Spader is great

An old movie that I had never seen. The movie is good and Spader is great.

Published 1 month ago by HDL
5.0 out of 5 starsIt has great performances from the four principal actors pulled...

Third time I've seen Sex, Lies and Videotape. It has great performances from the four principal actors pulled together by sharp editing and cinematography from Steven Soderbergh. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Doug Roberts
5.0 out of 5 starsStill in awe

If you're not at all neurotic, this film could easily bore you to tears. You'll probably have better things to do anyway, what with being not neurotic. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Ethan Straffin
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

WEAK

Published 1 month ago by Joe Larrimore
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Good Movie

Published 1 month ago by buster4236
2.0 out of 5 starsTwo Stars

fair

Published 2 months ago by jackpot123
2.0 out of 5 starsNot a great plot.

Slow. Not a great plot.

Published 2 months ago by Sharell

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