Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Basic Instinct was a huge hit and a cultural phenomenon when it was released and it is easy to see why. The sex scenes are raw and just a few steps away from being a legitimate pornographic film. The violence- although not often- is quite brutal and the blood flows like water. But the film is quite good as a detective story. Michael Douglas was in top form back when this came out and Sharon Stone finally hit the big leagues after playing the famous Catherine Tramell character. Featuring great noir-ish overtone and gorgeous locations Basic Instinct is a winner

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved. Even after 25 years Basic Instict remains a Classic and the ultra famous interrogation scene is still the hottest scene ever filmed. Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas have a terrific chemistry together and they both shine on Screen a lot. Jeanne Tripplehorn who received a lot of hate for her performance was also very good as Dr. Garner. The film is also very stylish and i love the cinematography a lot and it has Verhoeven's eye clearly. The film also has this entire mystery around it and sometimes i even felt like it went in a different direction and as if it tried to play with the viewers like who killed those people? who is the murderer? and what it's going on in general. Personally i don't understand why some critics hated the film? But then again i don't understand them either. Overall Basic Instict is a smart, sexy and above all an entertaining movie. (A+)

Took me till 2017 to finally see this. Not as shocking or sleazy as expected but Sharon Stone definitely lights up the screen, and this is one of her best roles. Basic Instinct is a non stop thrill ride from start to finish and it keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end. Paul Verhoeven has made better films, but Basic Instinct is still a well acted film. It is a reminder of the difference between exhilaration and exhaustion, between tension and hysteria, and between eroticism and exhibitionism. The line may be fine, but it is real enough to separate porn from erotic thrillers!

This is the exact opposite of what we usually get from the usually stand out director Verhoeven.Verhoeven has shown that he excels at black comedy and "in your face" humor to go with iconic imagery in "guy films".Here, he goes astray to give the exact opposite, the total chick flick, as though he felt sorry for the "jealous woman" who needs to make a movie totally depressing to guys.We get a story where the heroine is the plain Jane who still attains the affections of the guys. Total feminine fantasy. To add to the appeal to the "woman's rights" faction, the gorgeous babe is not only unprotected by the guys, but murdered with no response.It's the most depressing movie possible to the heterosexual men. Of course, there are some men who are "whipped", and must pretend to like this, always afraid the "woman" is watching in this era when one might possibly always be doing that.