Black Widow (1987)
3/10
Juvenile cliché Hollywood usual
23 January 2013
Debra Winger plays the nosy who dunnit sleuth who tracks down Theresa Russell (the black widow) a young woman whose older rich husbands mysteriously die leaving her richer and richer.

I watched this movie when it first came out and I couldn't believe I was watching the same thing I don't remember it being so bad! This movie did not age well.

The beginning is really the worst part once you get to Seattle it stops being so clichéd juvenile & cheesy corny and slow. The Dallas part was particularly horrible with the fake Southern accents and three inch bright red finger nails. It has the feel of a B or made for TV thing yet clearly was shot on location etc...

It would have been so much better if Russell had gotten away with it....but this is Hollywood corn at its height--none of that.

Richly well filmed must have cost a lot. Needs a lot more subtlety.

The movie was fairly popular at the time and made over 25 million dollars.

There are a lot worst things out there.
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