Consenting Adults (1992)

Richard and Priscilla Parker's lives take a turn for the better when Eddy and Kay move into the house next door. Eddy's a risk taker and shows his new neighbours how to enjoy life at the ... See full summary »

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Writer:

Matthew Chapman

Stars:

Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Kline	...	Richard Parker
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio	...	Priscilla Parker
Kevin Spacey	...	Eddy Otis
Rebecca Miller	...	Kay Otis
Forest Whitaker	...	David Duttonville
E.G. Marshall	...	George Gordon
Kimberly McCullough	...	Lori Parker
Billie Neal	...	Annie Duttonville
Benjamin Hendrickson	...	Jimmy Schwartz
Lonnie R. Smith Jr.	...	Dr. Pettering (as Lonnie Smith)
Joe Mulherin	...	Bo
Rick Hinkle	...	Singer in Mahoney's Band
Artis Edwards Jr.	...	Atlanta Police Officer
Jerry Campbell	...	Prison Guard
Ginny Parker	...	Martha

Storyline

Richard and Priscilla Parker's lives take a turn for the better when Eddy and Kay move into the house next door. Eddy's a risk taker and shows his new neighbours how to enjoy life at the expense of a rule or convention or two. What Richard doesn't realise is that Eddy's little games are just a prelude to something that's intended to destroy his neighbours' lives.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | little girl | doctor | composer | business card | 

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Taglines:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, and for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 October 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gewagtes Spiel

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$21,591,728 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Eddy Otis: [whispering in the dark] Did you know that I can see things, Priscilla. I can see things nobody can. I'm so good at predicting, that I can read tomorrow's headline. A man last night broke into the home of his ex-wife, and killed for the third and last time. Arriving tragically too late, Eddy Otis, the woman's... the dead woman's friend, shot and killed him. The man, Richard Parker, was already wanted in connection with several other murders. Oh yes, he's here. Priscilla, he's in the house right ...

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Connections

Remade as Ajnabee (2001)

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Soundtracks

"The Night Has Many Eyes"
Words and Music by Joe Mulherin
Produced by Joe Mulherin

User Reviews

not good. . .

. . .but the weirdest thing is - it is eerily similar to the Aykroyd/Belushi film "Neighbors." Heavily derided in it's time, it matters not whether you liked it, it had some really weird elements to it. NOW - take out the weird elements and leave a basic plot: "Exciting" guy with a bad bleach-job and his sexy wife move in next door to thoroughly-mundane guy and his attractive wife; who, by the way have a sexless marriage. Kline/Belushi are set up as "marks" immediately, and almost as immediately the new neighbors begin a contrived "seduction of the innocent". Soon, the mundane guy finds himself trapped in an existential hell of Blondie's making(Spacey/Aykroyd). Well. Consenting Adults is not a good movie - or even interesting. Spacey gives a charismatic performance as usual, but the script lacks any originality. This was another entry in the ". . .from Hell" high-concept series of scripts from the early-90's. Babysitter. . .Cop. . .Neighbor. . .Dentist. ..I wish I could say that the best parts of this film ended up on the editing room floor - considering the cast - but there's no way this script was ever anything but stale.