9 1/2 Weeks details

Movie Details:

  • Director: Adrian Lyne
  • Produced By: Triple Ajaxxx, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Producers Sales Organization, Keith Barish Productions, Jonesfilm, Galactic Films, MGM, United Artists
  • Year: 1986
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama, Romance
  • Filmed In: Color
  • Release: 1986 02 21 (USA)


9 1/2 Weeks

The title refers to the duration of the relationship between self-absorbed Wall Street shark Mickey Rourke and divorced art gallery owner Kim Basinger. Kim is looking for true love, while Mickey is searching for...gosh knows what. His notions of lovemaking include blindfolds, ice cubes, chocolate syrup, and rolling around on spent peanut shells. When the alotted 9 1/2 weeks are up, Kim has finally come to realize that Rourke has been using her. We could have told her that twenty minutes into the film. One of the definitive works in the Mickey Rourke ouevre, 9 1/2 Weeks is deliciously awful, and as such will probably endure as a Camp Classic for the next hundred years. The film is available in both R-rated and unrated versions; either way, it's a hoot. by Hal Erickson, Rovi


Keywords:

  • eroticism
  • seduction
  • masochism
  • sadomasochism
  • sexual-awakening
  • Wall-Street
  • art-dealer

Themes:

  • Dangerous Attraction
  • Self-Destructive Romance