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Cast
- Christopher WalkenRobert
- Rupert EverettColin
- Natasha RichardsonMary
- Helen MirrenCaroline
- Manfredi AliquòConcierge
- David FordWaiter
- Daniel FrancoWaiter
- Rossana CanghiariHotel Maid
- Fabrizio Sergenti CastellaniBar Manager
- Giancarlo PreviatiFirst Policeman
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
Mr. Schrader is a director of great rigor and discipline. The movie is fascinated by the baroque behavior it observes, but without imitating it. - 75
Rolling Stone
Director Paul Schrader has fashioned a film of surpassing creepiness. It's pretentious, too, and sometimes maddeningly dull. But the erotically unsettling atmosphere – exquisitely rendered by cinematographer Dante Spinotti – soon seeps in. - 70
Los Angeles Times
At its best, it's about madness disguised as utter rationalism, utter dispassion, noblesse oblige. As such, in odd moments, it chills through to the bone and beyond. - 70
Time Out
Harold Pinter's script sometimes suffers from awkward, even implausible dialogue; but careful pacing and casting make for a film that, while directed with cool discretion, is sensual and shocking in its casual evocation of erotic violence, emotional manipulation and moral torpor. - 70
Washington Post
Whatever this movie's about, it's tailor-made for its audience. It's for those who fantasize about steamy afternoons in European hotel rooms. For those who thrive on meaningful (or meaningless) lulls between isolated events. For those who love the weighty (or lightweight) dialogue of screenwriter Harold Pinter. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is ultimately not quite successful; when it was over I felt there was some additional payoff or explanation still due. Perhaps the arbitrary, unfinished nature of the story is part of its purpose. But I felt that characters this interesting should not be allowed to remain complete ciphers. Still, in individual moments, The Comfort of Strangers has an eerie, atmospheric charm. - 60
Empire
Slow and foreboding with a memorably creepy Christopher Walken. If you're looking for fun, this ain't it. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Overall, The Comfort of Strangers seems tremendously overwrought for no good reason.
