Editing Dangerous Liaisons (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
''Dangerous Liaisons'' holds a score of 94% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 31 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Stylish, seductive, and clever, Stephen Frears' adaptation is a wickedly entertaining exploration of sexual politics."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1005199-dangerous_liaisons/ |title=Dangerous Liaisons |publisher= [[Fandango Media]] |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2022-06-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006021140/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1005199-dangerous_liaisons/ |archive-date=2008-10-06 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] it has a score of 74 based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref name="meta">{{cite web |last=Kael |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Kael |date=9 January 1989 |title=Dangerous Liaisons |url=https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/dangerous-liaisons-pauline-kael/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=[[The New Yorker]] |via=Scraps from the Loft}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Dangerous Liaisons (1989) B+ |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 |access-date= 2019-07-07 }}</ref>

[[Pauline Kael]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described it as "heaven – alive in a way that movies rarely are."<ref name="meta"/> [[Hal Hinson]] in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that the film's "wit and immediacy is extraordinarily rare in a period film. Instead of making the action seem far off, the filmmakers put the audience in the room with their characters."<ref name="hinson">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/dangerousliaisonsrhinson_a0a8d4.htm |first=Hal |last=Hinson |author-link=Hal Hinson |title=Dangerous Liaisons |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 13, 1989 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801203504/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/dangerousliaisonsrhinson_a0a8d4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] called it "an absorbing and seductive movie, but not compelling."<ref name="ebert">{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=January 13, 1989 |title=Dangerous Liaisons |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dangerous-liaisons-1989 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229181719/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dangerous-liaisons-1989 |archive-date=December 29, 2020 |access-date=July 7, 2019 |work=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' considered it an "incisive study of sex as an arena for manipulative power games."<ref name="variety">{{cite news |date=1988-01-01 |title=Dangerous Liaisons Review |url=https://variety.com/1987/film/reviews/dangerous-liaisons-4-1200427610/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707184547/https://variety.com/1987/film/reviews/dangerous-liaisons-4-1200427610/ |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |access-date=2009-11-08 |work=Variety }}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' hailed it as a "kind of lethal drawing-room comedy."<ref name="canby">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/21/movies/review-film-passion-in-the-ancien-regime-dangerous-liaisons-on-screen.html |first=Vincent |last=Canby |author-link=Vincent Canby |title=Passion in the Ancien Régime |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 21, 1988 |access-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019214259/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DE5DE103DF932A15751C1A96E948260 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' reviewer wrote of [[Christopher Hampton]]'s screenplay that "one of the film's enormous strengths is scriptwriter Christopher Hampton's decision to go back to the novel, and save only the best from his play".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dangerous Liaisons |url=http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/64930/dangerous_liaisons.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408210358/http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/64930/dangerous_liaisons.html |archive-date=8 April 2010 |access-date=8 November 2009 |website=[[Time Out London]]}}</ref> [[James Acheson]] and [[Stuart Craig]] were also praised for their work, with Sheila Benson of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stating that "the film's details of costuming (by ''[[The Last Emperor]]'''s James Acheson) and production design (by Stuart Craig of ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' and ''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]'') are ravishing".<ref name="latimes">{{cite web |date=21 December 1988 |first1=Sheila |last1=Benson |author-link=Sheila Benson |title=MOVIE REVIEWS : Dangerous Games for Power and Fame : 18th-Century Love Games Produce 'Dangerous Liaisons' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-21-ca-394-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707184409/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-21-ca-394-story.html |archive-date=7 July 2019 |access-date=7 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> All three would go on to win [[Academy Awards]] for their work on this film.

[[Glenn Close]] received considerable praise for her performance; she was lauded by ''The New York Times'' for her "richness and comic delicacy,"<ref name="canby"/> while [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' wrote that, once she "finally lets loose and gives way to complete animal despair, Close is horrifying."<ref name="meta"/> Roger Ebert thought the two lead roles were "played to perfection by Close and Malkovich... their arch dialogues together turn into exhausting conversational games, tennis matches of the soul."<ref name="ebert"/>

[[Michelle Pfeiffer]] was widely acclaimed for her portrayal, despite playing, in the opinion of ''The Washington Post'', "the least obvious and the most difficult" role. "Nothing is harder to play than virtue, and Pfeiffer is smart enough not to try. Instead, she embodies it."<ref name="hinson"/> The ''New York Times'' called her performance a "happy surprise."<ref name="canby"/> Roger Ebert, considering the trajectory of her career, wrote that "in a year that has seen her in varied assignments such as ''[[Married to the Mob]]'' and ''[[Tequila Sunrise (film)|Tequila Sunrise]]'', the movie is more evidence of her versatility. She is good when she is innocent and superb when she is guilty."<ref name="ebert"/> Pfeiffer would go on to win the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for her performance.

The casting of [[John Malkovich]] proved to be a controversial decision that divided critics. ''The New York Times'', while admitting there was the "shock of seeing him in powdered wigs", concluded that he was "unexpectedly fine. The intelligence and strength of the actor shape the audience's response to him".<ref name="canby"/> ''The Washington Post'' was similarly impressed with Malkovich's performance: "There's a sublime perversity in Frears' casting, especially that of Malkovich... [he] brings a fascinating dimension to his character that would be missing with a more conventionally handsome leading man."<ref name= "hinson"/> ''Variety'' was less impressed, stating that while the "sly actor conveys the character's snaky, premeditated Don Juanism... he lacks the devilish charm and seductiveness one senses Valmont would need to carry off all his conquests".<ref name="variety"/>

[[Uma Thurman]] gained recognition from critics and audiences;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1005199_dangerous_liaisons|title=Dangerous Liaisons (1988)|access-date=April 29, 2017|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|archive-date=February 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225130841/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1005199_dangerous_liaisons|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/30/movies/new-face-uma-thurman-prospects-in-liaisons-were-awesome-at-first.html|title=New Face: Uma Thurman; Prospects in 'Liaisons' Were Awesome at First|date=December 30, 1998|access-date=April 27, 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Blau|first1=Eleanor|url-access=registration|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229181719/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/30/movies/new-face-uma-thurman-prospects-in-liaisons-were-awesome-at-first.html|url-status=live}}</ref> film critic Roger Ebert found her to be "well cast" in her "tricky" key role.<ref name="ebert" />

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[61st Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Norma Heyman]] and [[Hank Moonjean]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref name="Oscars1989" />
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Glenn Close]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Christopher Hampton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[Stuart Craig]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Gérard James]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[James Acheson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[George Fenton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Society of Cinematographers|American Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
| [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases]]
| [[Philippe Rousselot]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |title=The ASC Awards |website=[[American Society of Cinematographers]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802060537/http://www.theasc.com/asc_news/awards/awards_history.php |archive-date=2011-08-02}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best American Film|Best Non-European Film]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Stephen Frears]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1988|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1980s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1980s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[43rd British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="10"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1990/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1990 |website=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Glenn Close
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| Michelle Pfeiffer
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Christopher Hampton
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Philippe Rousselot
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| James Acheson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| [[Mick Audsley]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair|Best Make-Up Artist]]
| Jean-Luc Russier
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Best Original Film Score]]
| George Fenton
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| Stuart Craig
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]]
| [[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]]
| Philippe Rousselot
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bscine.com/media/uploads/awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v |title=Best Cinematography in Feature Film |website=[[British Society of Cinematographers]] |access-date=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[15th César Awards|César Awards]]
| [[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| Stephen Frears
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/evenements/ceremonie-des-cesar-1990/ |title=The 1990 Caesars Ceremony |website=[[César Awards]] |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1988|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Glenn Close
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/1988-97 |title=Chicago Film Critics Awards – 1988–97 |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |access-date=21 July 2015|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422075211/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/1988-97 |archive-date=22 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Michelle Pfeiffer
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
| [[John Malkovich]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Fotogramas de Plata]]
| Best Foreign Film
| Stephen Frears
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Goldene Kamera]]
| Best International Actress
| Glenn Close
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Joseph Plateau Award]]s
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle#1989 winners|London Critics Circle Film Awards]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year|Screenwriter of the Year]]
| Christopher Hampton
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Foreign Director
| Stephen Frears
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1988|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1988/ |title=1988 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1988 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Michelle Pfeiffer
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Philippe Rousselot
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Foreign Film
| rowspan="2"| Stephen Frears
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"|
|-
| Best Foreign Film (Audience Award)
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Foreign Actor
| John Malkovich{{efn|Also for ''[[Death of a Salesman (1985 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' and ''[[The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]''.}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{draw|9th Place}}
| align="center"|
|-
| [[41st Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| Christopher Hampton
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |website=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|}