Valmont Reviews

The movie is good costume drama with very fine acting and settings but the ending is different than in the novel.For this reason I prefer the other adaptation which can catch the dark spirit of the novel better.... Read more

A fairly good adaptation of the classic French novel. The cast made the characters very believable. The movie was shot in excellent locations with superb costumes. Worth watching more than once.... Read more

Now this is a movie worth seeing. Colin Firth shines with a flirtatous charm not seen in his more recent films, not to mention the fact that he's wonderfully handsome. And Bening is wickedly manipulative and playfully cruel as she manipulates... Read more

This version of Dangerous Liaisons was so bad it was painful to watch. Annette Bening had one expression on her face during the entire movie - a sickening smirky smile. The casting was all wrong. Who could believe that stupid girl... Read more

This is a master piece, I do love this movie. I had seen the other movie too, and both are completely different. I do like this better, because the characters in this movie displayed a little more sensitivity than the Dangerous... Read more

"Valmont" is indeed the most lavish and youthful version of Ninon Laclos' book. It is also the most underrated and trashed of them all. I love the movie, its scenery, the music, the settings, the costumes. Everything. It's very much to... Read more

I think I've seen all the variations on a theme of this story, which, in turn, is a variation on the Don Juan legend. Of all of them, I like this one best. Colin Firth is a marvelous Valmont. Firth is... Read more

I notice a bit of a war going on between partisans of this and "Dangerous Liaisons" (the Glenn Close/John Malkovich/Stephen Frears vehicle). I'm not entirely sure why, but I find "Valmont" so much better. I think it's because: A) Milos Forman... Read more

Valmont is a very entertaining romance set in the upper classes of 17th century France. Valmont, the title character, is a rogue and womanizer. He is very likable, but has a terrible flaw; he can't love, and that is his ultimate... Read more

This movie grabbed my attention while channel surfing on cable. I would have never picked it out of the guide, but I guess I "tuned in" at the right moment, because before I knew it I had watched the film to... Read more