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Final Analysis

- Someone was seduced. Someone was set up. and before it was all over... someone was dead.

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

Release Date : 1992-02-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. PicturesWitt/Thomas ProductionsRoven-Cavallo Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Isaac Barr

Original Name : Richard Gere

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heather Evans

Original Name : Kim Basinger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Diana Baylor

Original Name : Uma Thurman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jimmy Evans

Original Name : Eric Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike O'Brien

Original Name : Paul Guilfoyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Huggins

Original Name : Keith David

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alan Lowenthal

Original Name : Robert Harper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pepe Carrero

Original Name : Agustin Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Grusin

Original Name : Rita Zohar

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judge Costello

Original Name : George Murdock

Gender : Male

Character Name : D.A. Kaufman

Original Name : Shirley Prestia

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hector

Original Name : Tony Genaro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman Speaker

Original Name : Katherine Cortez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Lee

Original Name : Wood Moy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Forensic Doctor

Original Name : Corey Fischer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Insurance Consultant Doctor

Original Name : Jack Shearer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Lee Anthony

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ambulance Attendant

Original Name : Derick Alexander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Night Nurse

Original Name : Abigail van Alyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orderly

Original Name : Roger Bearde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ambulance Attendant

Original Name : Dihlon McManne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Witness

Original Name : Tessa Koning-Martinez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Tough

Original Name : Ernie Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Spanish Man

Original Name : Rico Alaniz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jury Foreman

Original Name : Charlie Holliday

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dinner Companion

Original Name : Jeff Tanner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Security

Original Name : Jeff Smolek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff's Deputy

Original Name : John Roselius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Guard

Original Name : Michael Sayles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ex-Girlfriend

Original Name : Anna Nicholas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

Original Name : Harris Yulin

Gender : Male

Character Name : College Student (uncredited)

Original Name : Iva Franks-Singer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hospital Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Forest Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moderator (uncredited)

Original Name : Erick Avari

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Pathological Intoxication and the Freudian Flower Arranging Theory. Final Analysis is directed by Phil Joanou and written by Robert Berger and Wesley Strick. It stars Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David, Paul Guilfoyle and Robert Harper. Music is by George Fenton and cinematography by Jordan Cronenweth. A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients... There comes a time in every film fan's life - those who commit to writing reviews, starting blogs etc - where you happen upon a film that you find oneself very much going against the general consensus grain, Final Analysis is one such film for myself. Not that it's a great under appreciated gem or anything like that, but revisiting some 25 plus years later I have found it to be far better than I found it back in the day. Alfred Hitchcock is my absolute number one favourite director of all time, but I'm never closed off as many often are to any sort of homage or thematically charged movie in lieu of the great man. In fact I'm encouraged that he still influences modern day directors this way. It also helps me that for fifteen years I have buried myself in all things film noir, which has given me opportunities to pick out fine noirish traits in otherwise reviled films of the neo-noir type. Case for the defence closed then!. Final Analysis is very Hitchcockian but lite, so much so it plays as "Vertigo's" illegitimate offspring. In fact it's even De Palma lite, who was one of the best exponents of Hitch type suspensers. It's a little clumsy at times and trips itself up, with director Joanou failing to build on the promise of his neo-noir of 1990 - the blistering "State of Grace". While stretching it out to a two hour run time by throwing twist after twist at it - when the writing isn't good enough to veer away from Hitchcock conventions, is a bad move. However, the core basis of a film noir world painted here is quite vivid, with two femme fatales, Freudian splinters and many trawls down a murky dark lane of mystery. The look is terrific (various Calif locations), this does after all feature the work of the cinematographer who photographed "Blade Runner". There a numerous gorgeous shots, light filtered through slats, up tilts into spiral golds, sublime primaries, while the court room sequences are magnificently akin to something that "Roger Deakins" would achieve further down the line. Cast performance wise it's not something to shout from the rooftops about, but nothing that hurts the pic. I'm a big fan of Gere, but here he's on auto-pilot, which is where Joanou should have earnt his corn. Basinger sexes it up and does good enough crafty, but it's a turn that doesn't come alive till late in the day, likewise Thurman in the sister role. David isn't in it enough and just seems to serve as a point of reference at various junctures, but faring much better are Roberts (super smarm charm with deadly heartbeats), and Guilfoyle as the lawyer balancing court determination with private yearnings. I couldn't recommend with utter confidence, but I would suggest that neo-noir/Hitchcock fans may find a revisit more beneficial when picking through the bones of it. 7/10