DVD 114 IMDB 5.2

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#29

Drama, Romance

Mickey Rourke	John
Kim Basinger	Elizabeth
Margaret Whitton	Molly
David Margulies	Harvey
Christine Baranski	Thea
Karen Young	Sue
William de Acutis	Ted
Dwight Weist	Farnsworth
Roderick Cook	Sinclair, the Critic
Kim Chan	Chinatown Butcher
Victor Truro	Gallery Client

Director	Adrian Lyne
Producer	Keith Barish; Mark Damon; Zalman King; Anthony Rufus Isaacs; Antony Rufus Isaacs
Writer	Sarah Kernochan; Zalman King

The title refers to the duration of the relationship between self-absorbed Wall Street shark Mickey Rourke and divorced art gallery owner Kim Basinger . Kim is looking for true love, while Mickey is searching for...gosh knows what. His notions of lovemaking include blindfolds, ice cubes, chocolate syrup, and rolling around on spent peanut shells. When the alotted 9 1/2 weeks are up, Kim has finally come to realize that Rourke has been using her. We could have told her that twenty minutes into the film. One of the definitive works in the Mickey Rourke ouevre , 9 1/2 Weeks is deliciously awful, and as such will probably endure as a Camp Classic for the next hundred years. The film is available in both R-rated and unrated versions; either way, it's a hoot. — Hal Erickson