1988's 'Dangerous Liaisons' Is Still the Best Adaptation of the Book

The darkly seductive, deliciously scandalous, and faithfully adapted 1988 masterpiece DangerousLiaisons is still the best adaptation of the book.

Dangerous Liaisons, the 1988 period drama directed by Stephen Frears and starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Therman and Keanu Reeves, is set in France in the late 18th century. The gap between the haves and the have-nots is still widening to an eventual breaking point, but not yet. All that the landed gentry has to worry about right now is their social standing and personal pleasure.

This practice is by no means a new one, Hollywood has a long history of adapting classics stories for adolescents, who likely have to read said classics for English class, by setting them in modern day, aging down the cast, or doing both simultaneously. This is seemingly done to make the story more relatable to modern audiences but can result in overwhelming success if the right story is chosen and adapted well.

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