On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.
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- 2 wins & 6 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaSir Michael Caine (Andrew Wyke) played the role of Milo Tindle in the first adaptation of the play: Sleuth (1972).
- GoofsDespite not firing a bullet, blank cartridges are still dangerous causing severe injury at close range and have been known to kill at up to six feet.
- Quotes
Milo Tindle: Maggie never told me you were... such a manipulator. She told me you were no good in bed, but she never told me you were such a manipulator.
Andrew Wyke: She told you I was no good in bed?
Milo Tindle: Oh, yes.
Andrew Wyke: She was joking. I'm wonderful in bed.
Milo Tindle: I must tell her.
Featured review
The Darker Side Of A Darkish Comedy
Just under 90 minutes that's all it takes to retell this Anthony Shaffer comedy of deception and disguise. The characters are not quite the same, this ones allow the darker side of their nature take the upper-hand. The new house is a cold technological monstrosity instead of the country manor of Laurence Olivier. In Harold Pinter's hand and brain everything is colder, darker and Shaffer's original comedy risks to become Ira Levin's "Deathtrap" at times. Michael Caine and Jude Law are inches away from a kiss here and that's a bizarre turn of events. True, Jude Law has a sexual presence that he carries as if he didn't know was there. Everything he says has a sexual connotation whether consciously or unconsciously. His Milo Tindle looks decidedly post coital. A bit undone, unwashed. Kenneth Brannagh conducts his duet with gusto but limited not just by the natural setting of the play but by the memory of the Manckiewicz original. Caine and Law make a fun, dirty pair and it's the power of their performances that makes this very short version appear even shorter. I could have stay a few more minutes with this two. That, I suppose, it's a form of giving it a thumbs up.
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- primodanielelori
- Nov 18, 2007
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- Trò Đùa Nguy Hiểm
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- Gross US & Canada
- $342,895
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $50,100
- Oct 14, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $4,889,751
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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