{"id":125,"date":"2006-03-31T15:25:54","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T22:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=125"},"modified":"2023-02-02T23:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T06:23:43","slug":"9-12-weeks-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"9 1\/2 Weeks (1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;How did you know I&#8217;d respond to you the way I have?&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Nine-Half-Weeks-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Nine-Half-Weeks-Poster-1-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-63817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Nine-Half-Weeks-Poster-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Nine-Half-Weeks-Poster-1-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Nine-Half-Weeks-Poster-1-177x270.jpg 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Nine-Half-Weeks-Poster-1.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA woman (Kim Basinger) gets involved in a steamy affair with a mysterious, kinky broker (Mickey Rourke).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mickey Rourke Films<\/li>\n<li>S&#038;M<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn his review of this infamous softcore sexual drama &#8212; based on an autobiographical novel by &#8220;Elizabeth McNeil&#8221; &#8212; Peary expresses little but puzzled bewilderment, wondering why Basinger&#8217;s Elizabeth &#8212; who &#8220;seems too smart, too independent, and too under control to have anything to do with Rourke&#8221; &#8212; would be attracted to someone like him in the first place. But I think he misses the point of sadomasochistic impulses: seemingly &#8220;strong&#8221; people like Elizabeth may find themselves caught up in fantasies which even they don&#8217;t understand; thus, Elizabeth&#8217;s reluctance to leave the increasingly controlling affair makes sense on some level.  For a superior work on S&#038;M, however, see the more recent <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0274812\/\"><em>Secretary <\/em>(2002) <\/a>starring Maggie Gyllenhal and James Spader. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basinger&#8217;s vulnerable, sexy performance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1-1536x841.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1-493x270.png 493w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/9-and-a-Half-Weeks-Basinger-1.png 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. While it holds some historical interest for the controversy surrounding its &#8220;almost X-rated&#8221; status, it&#8217;s not must-see viewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0091635\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1986\/02\/21\/movies\/film-9-1-2-weeks-a-sexual-journey.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/nine-12-weeks\/review\/126300\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How did you know I&#8217;d respond to you the way I have?&#8221; Synopsis: A woman (Kim Basinger) gets involved in a steamy affair with a mysterious, kinky broker (Mickey Rourke). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Mickey Rourke Films S&#038;M Sexuality Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: In his review of this infamous softcore sexual drama &#8212; based on an autobiographical novel by &#8220;Elizabeth McNeil&#8221; &#8212; Peary expresses little but puzzled bewilderment, wondering why Basinger&#8217;s Elizabeth &#8212; who &#8220;seems too smart, too independent,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=125\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89695,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/89695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}