Reversal of Fortune

I've always liked Jeremy Irons. Here he's restrained, playing the perfect note for every scene. You always get the feeling there's more going on in his head than he's saying, which is admirable acting for any role. The film itself is strongly involving, and the final scene brilliantly wraps up the ambiguity of the entire case.

Pretty good. Irons can be a creepy guy if he wants to. Ron Silver is unrecognisable here, but also on form.

Good acting from all involved, but the story is just okay. It's a sometimes-interesting he said/she said saga that one gets the feeling had to have a lot of dramatization added in for the film's purposes.

A decent movie with an unforgettable leading performance

Great performace, good movie.

Jeremy Irons IS this film. Whenever he's not in the frame it feels more average - well, still pretty good, but without his performance the film would've been forgotten by most, I think. But since the film does in fact have his performance to elevate it, it goes from above average to pretty great.

Wonderful bit of 'neo-noir' from the early 1990s. Or is it a courtroom drama? It really is hard to categorise. Irons does a brilliant turn as Claus von Bulow, although I found his accent a bit wearing. Just kidding.

Not bad, not brilliant. Ron Silver is a bit ridiculous, but then I suppose Dershowitz is too.

A chilling film. The acting is excellent, but Jeremy Irons--always superb--is extraordinary here. Christine Baranski is memorable in a supporting role.

Score based on distant memory.

Hybrid legal drama/mystery film with an interesting enough story. Irons is always fun to watch. The movie wants you to wonder whether Irons really did it, but doesn't give you to much of a reason to care.

von bulow blows!

A very good film with a great performance from Jeremy Iron. He seemed to fit the role perfectly. I also loved the narration by Glenn Close, and I thought the the film was presented in a unique fashion. I also loved the ambiguity at the end. Not bad for a true story

Lifestyles of the rich and infamous

This movie was OK. Great performances by Close, Irons, and Silver save the ham-handed script, performances, and characterizations of the supporting cast.

A legal thriller that never quite hits its target, which appeared to be "How do you defend a loathsome guy?" Being part of a big legal appeal is apparently a few basketball games and a constant kaffeeklatsch. Irons, though, is outstanding as being creepy, aloof, and oddly disinterested about his future.

Superb. Barbet Schroeder teaches an important lesson against sentimental morality.

Great film.

not sure the framework of narration by Sunny was necessary. it added nothing, answered nothing. seemed to be more of a device to stretch the running time.

Close and Irons are really masters of acting.. It's a classy and intelligent film.

Not the film's fault but in 2021 it's difficult to buy Alan Dershowitz as a principled do-gooder. Apart from that this is TV movie material barely elevated by a prestigious director and cast.

Reversal of Fortune's greatest strength as a depiction of a legal struggle is that it isn't clear-cut. We have the usual interplay of little victories and setbacks as Alan Dershowitz's character handles a very difficult case, but we aren't presented with conclusive information as to the appealer's actual guilt. Much is left for speculation. The film thrives on this and other complexities. Ron Silver's performance as Dershowitz is excellent, and Irons and Close support with panache.

After his socialite wife Sunny (Glenn Close) falls into a coma under mysterious circumstances, Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) hires attorney Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) to defend him in court, but his own behavior does little to exonerate him. Solid true-crime drama, well-acted (Irons won an Oscar), well-written, and all-around admirable...just lacking a certain extra spark to make it truly great. Maybe, like Claus himself, it's witty but a touch too chilly.

Not so close to the real story but apart from it, it's quite a nice movie, specially the performances.

I guess the slow trickle of details was halfway intriguing. But this movie is really about some self loathing, uninteresting rich people problems, wrapped up in a mystery that I didn't find all that rewarding.

Tapping into the voyeurs and mystery enthusiasts in us all, Barbet Schroeder's bleakly funny, unshakably ambiguous docusatire is so intelligent and weirdly playful that its ability to tease and sway our alliances becomes the driving force of its effectiveness, mainly owing to Irons' ability to elusively hover between cadaverously stoic and oddly pathetic.