- Release Date: 1989
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo ... see all
- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- Plot: Ann is married to John, who is having an affair with her sister Cynthia. Ann's a quiet type and unwilling to let herself go. When John's old friend, Graham, shows... Read more
User Reviews
An intense psychological movie ever produced
Mar 03, 2009
debapriya - yahoo.com
Mar 03, 2009debapriya - yahoo.com
Sex,lies & videotape-consisting of three words are abysmal in their meanings.James Spader performed brilliantly understated seductive role,spending 9 long and precious years in constucting his own life from the state of a pathological lier.Andie Mcdowell played an intriguing role of a... Full review
ahead of its time
May 17, 2008
rosa - yahoo.com
May 17, 2008rosa - yahoo.com
for a film of the 80's, this film really stands out compared to the other low budget indie films. brilliantly honest and writing that compels the nature in all of us.... Full review
ahead of its time
May 17, 2008
mschae_choi - yahoo.com
May 17, 2008mschae_choi - yahoo.com
for a film of the 80's, this film really stands out compared to the other low budget indie films. brilliantly honest and writing that compels the nature in all of us.... Full review
A Terric, Totally Fun Indie Flick!
May 17, 2008
isip5tequila - yahoo.com
May 17, 2008isip5tequila - yahoo.com
Sex, Lies and Videotape is a film which is about sex, but doesn't has any sex. I find the this movie totally amusing, quirky and above all, it's defintely NOT boring. I love the performance of Andie MacDowell as Ann, a... Full review
Genius
Apr 30, 2008
Andy - yahoo.com
Apr 30, 2008Andy - yahoo.com
People can learn more about sex and marriage from this movie than from a real therapist. The title of the movie is captivating and achieves its purpose of attracting an audience. The director (Steven Soderbergh) manages the topic of sex without... Full review
Genius
Apr 30, 2008
mendezandy_89 - yahoo.com
Apr 30, 2008mendezandy_89 - yahoo.com
People can learn more about sex and marriage from this movie than from a real therapist. The title of the movie is captivating and achieves its purpose of attracting an audience. The director (Steven Soderbergh) manages the topic of sex without... Full review
boring
Feb 12, 2008
jared - yahoo.com
Feb 12, 2008jared - yahoo.com
this movie has no sex so if you thinking it has sex in it your wrong dont buy it or watch i didn't even watch all of it i fast fowarded it to the sex but no sex boring... Full review
boring
Feb 12, 2008
jaredtheniggar - yahoo.com
Feb 12, 2008jaredtheniggar - yahoo.com
this movie has no sex so if you thinking it has sex in it your wrong dont buy it or watch i didn't even watch all of it i fast fowarded it to the sex but no sex boring... Full review
My fav of S.S.
Dec 06, 2007
zhuomk - yahoo.com
Dec 06, 2007zhuomk - yahoo.com
Steven Soderbergh is now a household word for movie fans. He made bunches of good movies. However, the one I really like is his first indie flick< sex,lies ans vediotape>. First of all,the story is great. It brought him the Palme... Full review
Great!
Jul 30, 2007
Katya - yahoo.com
Jul 30, 2007Katya - yahoo.com
This movie is so adorable! It's one of my favourite! I really love James Spader's performance as Gream! The story is original and touching! I've seen this movie about 10 years ago and again last night and it is still one... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jan 21, 2009Defamer Australia, Australia
I came out and said, 'Andie really is great, and I think that's who we should go with.
Gallagher said it reminded him precisely why he wound up as one of Hollywood's go-to smarmy types for the better part of the '90s.
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| Jan 14, 2009Los Angeles Weekly
MacDowell and Spader are so good at rendering ineffectuality that it's a relief to get back to the gross one-liners that fly between the adulterers.
In one corner we have an undiscriminating libido writ large: a successful, brash young lawyer (Peter Gallagher) conducts a loveless affair with his wife's sex-crazed sister (Laura San Giacomo).
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| Oct 25, 2006associatedcontent.com
Canne Award Winning Film Sex, Lies, and Videotape....betrayals of four characters who each become a part of the other's dysfunction.....Soderbergh wants us to know the characters deeply, intimately, truly, and he succeeds.....He shoots in mostly indoor locations and in fact a good number of the scenes occur in one specific location-the character Graham's apartment..... ... Full Review
| Oct 25, 2006associatedcontent.com
Canne Award Winning Film Sex, Lies, and Videotape....betrayals of four characters who each become a part of the other's dysfunction.....He shoots in mostly indoor locations and in fact a good number of the scenes occur in one specific location-the character Graham's apartment..... ... Full Review
News
Sex, Lies and Crepe de Chine
washingtonpost.com –
2009-06-25
"Sex, lies, and videotape" (1989) the critically-acclaimed film directed by Steven Soderbergh has been deemed by the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (wikipedia) Personally, I loved this film when I saw it in 1989. ... Full Article
Twenty years after barging into Sundance with low expectations and leaving with a robust stake in festival mythology, Steven Soderbergh joined three-quarters of his sex, lies, and videotape cast for a rollicking anniversary screening. ... Full Article
Sex, Lies, And Videotape: Starring Sienna Miller, Her Tits, And Balthazar Getty As The Adulterous Billionaire
gawker.com –
2008-07-15
Paen Scott is a Dark One, a vampire without a soul. His brothers are vampires too but they have their souls. Paen was the first born son and his parents were not married when he was born, hence his lack... ... Full Article
Sex, Lies and Videotapes? The latest sex tape scandal to emerge is the unauthorized release of footage between Amy Fisher and her estranged husband, Louis Bellera, a former police officer. ... Full Article



