Valmont MUCH AS I dislike sketchy overviews from an Olympian altitude, the spate of movies opening in a short space, like the even shorter space at my disposal, compels me to this foreshortening. Valmont, Milos Forman and Jean-Claude Carriere's abominable "free"...

Valmont Had Stephen Frears and Christopher Hampton not beaten them to the screen last year, Milos Forman and Jean-Claude Carriere might have called their new production Les liaisons dangereuses, or something to that effect. Instead, they've chosen to name the film Valmont,...

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In the following review, Bowie asserts that although Valmont is visually stunning, the film is ultimately a sterile adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses.

In the following review, Billson compliments Forman's casting choices in Valmont, describing the film as more plausible and enjoyable than Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons.

In the following excerpt, O'Brien argues that Valmont is more sensitive to the underlying humanity of its characters than Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons.