Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989 123movies

Watch: Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1989 123movies, Full Movie Online – John and Ann Mullany, a junior partner at a law firm and a housewife respectively, are a young, upwardly mobile couple, who most would deem to have a perfect life. Ann’s outward perfection belies the fact that she is in therapy, dealing with the stress over worrying about global issues with which she has little to no control. She does not see certain things with which she does have control being problems in her life, namely her sexual repression or her disinterest in sex as an activity, that is until it manifested itself in this stress which in turn is having, what she believes, a negative impact on her marriage. What she is unaware of is that, long before her stress began, John embarked on an affair with her sister, bartender Cynthia Bishop, who she doesn’t admire as being too “loud”. John reconnects with a close friend from college named Graham Dalton, who, to John, appears to have lost his way in life in the years that they have not been in touch. Graham, via the method in which he deals with his emotional and sexual problems – which is also believes is being totally forthright to all concerned – has a profound effect on Cynthia, John and Ann, who in turn, especially Ann, have a profound effect on him..
Plot: A sexually repressed woman’s husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
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Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 55,554
	96% | RottenTomatoes
	86/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 727 Popularity: 20.008 | TMDB

Reviews:

A movie that shows you don’t need lush sets, big budgets, or loud background music to be extraordinary.
SPOILERS THROUGHOUT:

Sex Lies and Videotape relies on the bare minimum of movie “accessories”. There are no elaborate sets, constant background music or explosions, exotic locations etc. What this movie does is make you listen. It relies entirely on the Performers to hook you in. There isn’t any background stuff going on, just the sound of the performers’ voices. It shows one, how truly incredibly GOOD a movie can be when it pays attention to the dialog.

I’m not one to outline the whole plot, as many reviewers have already done that and many reading this already know what it’s about. What I want to do is comment on the humanness of the film. To me, a movie becomes truly superb when it almost ceases to become a movie and you feel like your watching a story enfolding right in front of you. This film’s focus is on four people, all seriously troubled when it comes to both sex and love and relationships. It is mostly a character study and entirely dialog driven. The movie is at the mercy of it’s talent and I say that because if people with lesser talents had been chosen for these roles, I doubt the quality would still be here. It is, in that regard, similar to one of my favorite films of 2004, a movie by the name of Closer. That movie, too, dealt with the above mentioned issues and though the plot was different the performers needed to be the best they could be, to make the film a success.

Sex lies and Videotape is a movie where one does not want it to end. It’s also a movie where, the ultimate outcome is less important, then finding out who these people are and what makes them tick. They are interesting and the reason they are, is because they are real people. And like real people, they have issues. They aren’t perfect feel good imaginary characters, their flawed, fearful and real. And much more interesting then many of the Stepford characters so prevalent in movies.

The performances were all flawless, particularly Spader who managed to make his character troubled, all knowing, haunted and(in spite of his hobby) PURE-not an easy thing to do. An Oscar worthy performance.

I happen to think this is not just good, but outstanding. It gets 9 of 10 from me and is a movie I’d strongly recommend. Although it’s called Sex, LIES and Videotape, it doesn’t get much more honest then this movie. A definite must see.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Budget 1200000
Revenue 24741667
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Steven Soderbergh
Writer Steven Soderbergh
Actors James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 24 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Camera and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Allied/WBS Film & Video Services, Texas, USA (processing), Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA (prints)
Film Length 2,690 m (Italy), 2,736 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm (Agfa XT 320)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2022 remaster), Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm