Originally Posted by Turnbull
BODY HEAT (1981)

In this would-be modern film noir, mediocre but girl-chasing lawyer Ned Racine (Mumblemouth William Hurt) picks up rich, bored housewife Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) and agrees to murder her rich, ruthless husband (Richard Crenna) to cash in on her inheritance. Of course , she's secretly playing him, but any resemblance with "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" ends there because the movie is too slow-moving, and the ironies and traps are too contrived. Still, it's atmospheric, and it held our interest to the end. Not bad.


I liked Ted Danson's performance. Quirky.

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