Final Analysis (1992)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Phil Joanou

Writers (WGA):

Robert Berger (story) and
Wesley Strick (story) ...

Release Date:

7 February 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

A psychiatrist and two beautiful sisters playing the ultimate mind game.

Plot:

Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married (to a gangster)...

Plot Keywords:

Psychiatrist | Humiliation | Female Nudity | Holding Cell | Black Detective

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Richard Gere	...	Dr. Isaac Barr
Kim Basinger	...	Heather Evans
Uma Thurman	...	Diana Baylor
Eric Roberts	...	Jimmy Evans
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Mike O'Brien
Keith David	...	Detective Huggins
Robert Harper	...	Alan Lowenthal
Agustin Rodriguez	...	Pepe Carrero
Rita Zohar	...	Dr. Grusin
George Murdock	...	Judge Costello
Shirley Prestia	...	Dist. Atty. Kaufman
Tony Genaro	...	Hector
Katherine Cortez	...	Woman Speaker
Wood Moy	...	Dr. Lee
Corey Fischer	...	Forensic Doctor

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bix Restaurant - 56 Gold Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

John Boorman had originally planned to direct the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Isaac confronts Heather in his apartment about giving Diana a gun, the position of Heather's hair changes back and forth throughout the whole scene.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Diana Baylor: [on psychiatrist's couch] I had the dream again. I'm arranging flowers, on a table, for a center piece. I decorate the flower pot with fancy paper. Feels like velvet. There are three different kinds of flowers. There are lilies, and there are... by the way, did you reach my sister?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Relentless 3 (1993)

The dumbbell?

It's not better than Fatal Attraction, but it suffers from similar flaws. The actors are terrific but something is off. Kim Basinger is a great killer, though. You have to see her nervous reactions to being touched by Eric Roberts. He's creepy.

It begins fairly well and carries itself through professionally. Uma Thurman in particular does a bone-chilling stare directly with her eyes. And Richard Gere is sizzling as the sexy but dimwitted doctor who makes the big mistake to get involved with his patient's sister. Oops. Great plot, take a peek. But, you can't shake that feeling. This is a puzzle of squares and one of the pieces is triangular.

6/10 or 2.5/4