Disclosure

ISBN 10: 0790730979 ISBN 13: 9780790730974

Publisher: Warner Home Video, 2009

Synopsis

A computer-firm boss seduces her married co-worker, then accuses him of sexual harassment. From the Michael Crichton novel.

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Review

Michael Crichton's bestselling novel was both a high-tech thriller and source of controversy with its hot-button plot about a man's charge of sexual harassment against a female colleague and former lover. The movie, directed by Barry Levinson, turned these issues into a prurient thriller gussied up in glossy production values, virtual reality computer graphics, and steamy sex between Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. Having cornered the market on roles for men whose brains are located south of their waistline, Douglas is well cast as the computer-industry guy who loses a plush promotion to the opportunistic Moore, and he's perfected the expression of paranoid panic. If you don't think about it too much, this is one of those films that can draw you into its manipulative web and really grab your attention. Disclosure is more entertaining than thought provoking (because the filmmakers basically danced around the story's potential controversy), but there's enough star power and visual glitz to make this an enjoyable ride. --Jeff Shannon

Edition details

• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0790730979
• ISBN 13: 9780790730974
• Binding: DVD
• Language: English