Review – Body of Evidence

I’m actually sort of impressed by this. Who would have thought it was actually possible to make a movie even crappier than Basic Instinct? True, for all his ham Willem DaFoe can’t out-suck Michael Douglas. But Madonna has Sharon Stone beat hands-down. The pop singer’s wooden delivery is matched only by her willingness to strip at the slightest provocation. Other than the down-turn in talent, this might as well be the Douglas/Stone movie all over again. Sure, it has a new wrinkle or two. This bleached-blonde temptress does it for money, not for pleasure. And a lot of the drama takes place inside a none-too-convincing courtroom. But otherwise it’s strictly leftovers that didn’t microwave particularly well. See if desperate