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Compromising Positions. Compromising Positions is a 1985 American film released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Frank Perry. The screenplay, by Susan Isaacs, was adapted from her 1978 novel. The plot concerns a Long Island housewife and former journalist who becomes involved in a murder investigation. The film stars Susan Sarandon, Raúl ...
Aug 30, 1985 · Compromising Positions: Directed by Frank Perry. With Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey. An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Frank Perry
- 1985-08-30
Compromising Positions. Roger Ebert August 30, 1985. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. If I were simply to describe the story of "Compromising Positions," it might sound like lighthearted, slightly kinky fun. But the movie has such a bitter core, such a distaste for its characters, that I ended up feeling uncomfortable in its company.
Compromising Positions. The murder of a swinging Long Island dentist puts an ex-reporter housewife (Susan Sarandon) onto a story.
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Jan 1, 2001 · Compromising Positions Susan Isaacs 1978 I love Susan Isaacs’ mysteries. Recently, I realized I had never read her debut novel, Compromising Positions. (I gave it five stars.) In retrospect, Compromising Positions was one of the first mystery/romance novels to feature steamy sex. (Although not as graphic as today’s market demands.)
Compromising Positions is not a big movie in any way, and it has its share of rough spots, particularly toward the end. But it's a late-summer concession to grown-up tastes after a season of intergalactic kids. And it's hard to hate a movie that contains this sentiment, again delivered deadpan: "God, I'd love to kill a dentist." [30 Aug 1985, p ...
