Reversal of Fortune

This was a movie, and based a true-life story, that left a lot of people puzzled. Did he - Claus von Bulow - murder his wife, or didn't he? After watching this film a decade ago, I still wasn't sure.... Full review

That is Sonny von Bulow's narrative as she describes the marriage between her and Claus, an infamous fortune seeker, who had made his way in the world the old fashioned way- he inherited it, by marriage.This is an intriguing story... Full review

Don't read if you haven't watched the movie.After his acquittal Claus returned to Europe. Sunny's fortune was split between her two oldest children Ala and Alexander. Cosima, Sunny's only child with Claus, was initially disinherited because she had sided with... Full review

This one is a big winner! Based on the true story of the trial of Claus von Buelow and conviction of murdering his socialite wife and rich heiress, and famed attorney Alan Dershowitz's handling of his appeal. This movie takes... Full review

Striking, if sometimes creepy, performances by Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons highlight this unevenly directed take on the Claus Von Bulow story of the degenerate rich adapted from the book by Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz. Dershowitz, who loves... Full review

Ever since the film premiered in 1990 Jeremy Iron's portrayal of the Aristocratic Claus Von Bulow has been etched in my memory. Iron's has without question created one of the most brilliantly layered historical characterizations to ever grace the screen.He... Full review

This is one of the better dramas based on a true story because it portrays the fact that money doesn't buy happiness. The movie was about the appeal of Claus von Bulow who was convicted of attempting to murder his... Full review

I really enjoyed "Reversal of Fortune." It was a wonderful, satiric (take your pick: black comedy/crime drama/mystery). The acting was tremendous. Jeremy Irons was fantastic and his performance was definitely Oscar-worthy. The movie itself pushed the lines between arguing the... Full review

Claus von Bulow was accused and convicted of twice attempting to kill his wife, Sunny von Bulow. The film is about the appealNicholas Kazan takes a huge risk, and has Sunny von Bulow (Glenn Close, who is marvelous) narrate the... Full review

The spooky yet amusing performance turned in by Jeremy Irons is worth watching all by itself. As an added bonus, the film is quite good as well. "Reversal of Fortune" thrives on its deft pacing, which keeps its relatively action-free... Full review

Lively and exquisite music expressing the rhythms of South America contrasts the streets full of violence, where killing takes place as casually as sex. while the mood is almost subdued ... Full Review

Dershowitz, who came to believe in von Bnlow's innocence, didn't publish Reversal of Fortune until after his client's acquittal, but he was hotly criticized by some for treating speculation as fact, Schroeder wisely sidesteps similar attacks by presenting various versions of what might have happened and making clear that all are pure conjecture. ... Full Review

It would be tempting to call Reversal of Fortune the greatest TV movie ever made.....Yet the film is ultimately ambiguous on these matters-and the ambiguity isn't a dramatic gimmick.....They've come up with a profoundly honest movie about Claus von Bulow....In the film, the scenes in which Dershowitz gathers clues and hammers out strategies with his army of law-student assistants are exciting and funny.....Glenn Close, in a superb performance, gives Sunny a haunting delicacy and stillness;.... ... Full Review

Barbet Schroeder was also nominated for an Academy Award for his extraordinary, off-beat, direction of this sophisticated, exceptionally intelligent legal drama. Jeremy Irons' extraordinary, Oscar-winning performance dominates the film. ... Full Review

It is evident many times, yet the movie is so good that I can almost recommend a purchase anyway. Not a great flick Great acting and a wonderful job by the director, Barbet Schroeder. ... Full Review

By now, Cond? Nast's belt-tightening is well known, but with the recent shuttering of Domino and widespread concern of a so-called " Domino effect " at the magazine company, just how bad are things over at 4 Times Square? ... Full Article

Born in 1931 in her wealthy father's railway car, Martha Sharp Crawford was originally dubbed Choo-Choo. She emerged from her privileged New York City youth as Sunny, a nickname that reflected her vivacious disposition, her dazzling beauty and the glittering... ... Full Article

Long before Paris Hilton, there was Sunny von Bülow: rich, blond, a fixture of upper-crust New York and Newport, the very definition of a glamorous 1950s socialite. ... Full Article

The Duchess ." "W." " Changeling ." " Defiance ." "Frost/Nixon." "Milk." " Valkyrie ." "Che." What do these films have in common, other than succinct titles? ... Full Article

"Reversal of Fortune" director Barbet Schroeder makes an ambitious attempt to revisit, in spirit, some of the great B-movies and thrillers of the past in 'Inju, the Beast in the Shadow,' which starts out as a smart romp through exotic... ... Full Article

Drawing appreciatively on the fine fat cigar that has become his trademark, Jacques Verg?s smiles with the air of a cat that has swallowed the cream. ... Full Article