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  • Body Heat
  • Opened August 28, 1981 | Runtime:1 hr. 53 min.
  • R
  • Shyster lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) begins a passionate affair with Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner), wife of a wealthy Florida businessman (Richard Crenna). With the help of one of his criminal clients, bomb maker Teddy Lewis (Mickey Rourke), Ned Read More
  • Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke
  • Director: Lawrence Kasdan
  • Genres: Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Erotic Thriller, Thriller

Body Heat Recent Fan Reviews

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    Someday, your d**k is going to lead you into a big hassle

    I liked this movie. You got William Hurt falling in love with Kathleen Turner and willing to do anything for her, which is, of course, what she is counting on. She uses her sexual appeal to get what she wants, and what she wants is money, money, money. She's so good, she even has William believing the plot to kill her husband is his idea. The nudity is relative to the plot and characters and not overused. But most of the sexuality lies in Kathleen Turner's ability to seduce. Which she does. William as well as me.

Body Heat Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Body Heat is good enough to make film noir play like we hadn't seen it before.

  • 88
    TV Guide |

    An excellent crime drama in the style of Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, and...

  • 83
    The Onion A.V. Club |

    Kasdan's moody tribute to cinema's dark past set a gold standard for neo-noirs...

  • 80
    Empire |

    Still regarded as one of the steamiest movie's of all time, Body Heat is a...

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