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Sex Is Power!
I saw this movie for the first time just last year, and I thought it was everything it was going to be. It was like a good trilogy to Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct... ladies of seduction and power, all Douglas movies of course.
I was a little hazy about the director. However Barry Levinson is a well proven director in all genres. Directing such great movies as Rainman (Dustin Hoffman), Toys(Robin Williams), Sleepers(Brad Pitt), Bandits(Bruce Willis), and Envy(Ben Stiller).
The story is simply about Michael Douglas as your good working business husband who is easily seduced by his powerful boss Demi Moore. Demi Moore has had success in nearly all of her movies she has chosen to do such as Ghost(Patrick Swayze) and A Few Good Men(Tom Cruise). The relationship between both actors is very convincing, and believable for any commited adultry act. Donald Sutherland is another excellent throw in to the cast, best known I think for his role in The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.
I would never compare a movie to a book, I seriously know that the book is 99% of the time better. I just know the actors, the suspense, and the realism Disclosure has to offer is all there.
I still would say to rent this first, but I'd definitely watch it if I hadn't seen it. I could name a few things that the movie could've had more of, even little things like better action and a big twist. Though I can't name one thing this movie doesn't offer, it had the whole package of a successful tale.

"Why Don't You Just Lay Back and Let Me Be the Boss..."
"Disclosure" is a highly suspenseful, high-tech thriller, which tries to get us to think a little about office politics and the balance of power between the sexes in the workplace. In the film we meet Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas), who feels like he's on top of the world. He's head of manufacturing for a high-tech, electronics corporation, which is about to be bought out in a merger. Everyone at the company with stock options is expecting to become very wealthy from the deal. On top of all this, Tom is fully expecting to be made head of the devision. Well, reality can sometimes be brutal. Tom dosn't get his promotion. Instead it goes to Meredith Johnson (Demi Moore) an attractive, female business executive (and an old flame of Tom's), who can help the company with the merger. At a late night meeting Meredith demands sex from Tom and practically rapes him in her office. To make matters worse, Meredith then goes and slaps Tom with a sexual harrassment suit. It becomes obvious to Tom, that Meredith and the big bosses in Corporate are plotting to get rid of him. He must use all his wits and skills to save both his job and reputation. This is suspenseful film in which Barry Levinson's direction and Paul Attanasio's taunt script (based on a Michael Crichton novel) leaves us on the edge of our seats. The film shows us how our hero is slowly being sacrificed by an almost mechanical use of office politics all in the name of the almighty dollar. The film also looks at the balance of power between the sexes. In the film we are told that sexual harrasment isn't about sex, but power. It puts forth some interesting questions about, what happens when sexual harrasment occurs, but it is the female, who is the agressor and the male is the victim. Does society hold a double standard? Does "no" mean no when a man says it. Do females, who hold power in the work place, have the same rights to abuse their power as their male counter parts? My favorite scene in the film is where in a legal mediation the Meredith character incredulously argues this very point as an excuse for her actions. The look exchanged between the mediator and the corporation's lawyer is priceless! Besides the wonderful direction and script, there is also a top notch cast. Michael Douglas gives a great proformance as the hard working manager, who suddenly finds his happy world turned upside down by office politics at their worst. Demi Moore is equally good as Meredith, a female corporate shark, who exudes both power and sex appeal at the the same time. Her two-faced lies and underhanded dealings are so well perpetuated, that she just is a villainess, that we love to hate! Donald Sutherland also gives a great performance as the slimey CEO of the company, who is really pulling all the strings in this drama. Finally, I want to mention Joseph Hodges' amazing set design for this movie. The ultra-modern office building, where most of the movie's action takes place is made of glass and steel, greatly contributing to an atmosphere of coldness and tension. This set piece allows all the characters to observe each other from a distance. It gives the film an almost "Rear Window" feeling of spying eyes. "Disclosure" is a wonderful suspense film, which actually has something to say about our society! Highly recommended!

Did I really expect it to be better than the book?
I read the book ages ago, and I really had to struggle to finish it. It's over long, convoluted, and there's too much jargon that a simple person like me won't understand. I seriously thought the film would be better, but it wasn't and I'm very disappointed. The only good point about it was Demi Moore's character. Michael Douglas? I don't see what the women see in him, but this was a great film for him, as if you go by what the press say about him, then he really is a sex addict!

The film sticks closely to the book (what I can remember of it anyway) and is full of fancy 'new' technology, with mobiles like bricks etc, which really dates the film. It suffers from the same problem that The Net suffers from. There's no fear about Y2K now (can anyone remember what all the fuss was about?), and everyone has accepted new fangled technology into their lives. There are two main points I noticed between the book and the film: Tom's lawyer, Louise Fernandez, had more of an important role, but in the film she was reduced to a bit part; in the book, they talked about how Meredith Johnson got to where she was (an important key), but in the movie, they left most of that out.

There's a sex scene included in this, which was the worst sex scene I've ever seen. From what it sounds like, Meredith & Tom were in a very passionate, intense, highly sexual relationship years ago, but when they meet again, and she 'seduces' him, there's just nothing there. Even she doesn't try very hard. There's no passion there, and it just makes cringe-worthy viewing. There's no feeling of ever having loved someone, or feeling safe in their arms, or wanting to look into their eyes. This whole scene is just like rape (which it basically comes down): cold, hard, sex.

The thing I loved about this movie was the way Meredith's character changed image-wise. Before she seduced Tom, it was all low cut, short skirts powersuits, lacy black bra etc. After she accuses him of sexually harrassing her, it's all very prim and proper, with the neck of her suit practically choking her.

This really isn't a movie worth bothering with, and neither is the book. If you enjoy having everything discussed in great detail, down to a blade of grass, then you'll probably enjoy this. Otherwise, it goes in one ear, and straight the other. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

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