Amazon.com video review:
After her success with Basic
Instinct, Sharon Stone opted for familiar territory with this
campfest that purports to be a sexualized thriller about voyeurism but
in reality is more of an excuse to get Stone and costar William
Baldwin out of their clothes. Rear Window it ain't. Stone plays
it drab and quiet as a successful career woman on the rebound from a
bad marriage who moves into a mysterious Manhattan high-rise. Once
there, she discovers that she has a few admirers: a hunky and
enigmatic neighbor (Baldwin), a popular writer of crime novels (Tom
Berenger), and someone who seems to enjoy watching her every move on
the building-wide surveillance system. And is one of them the serial
killer who's stalking the comely female tenants? Scripted by the
erstwhile Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct and Jagged
Edge), Sliver follows the standard Eszterhas plot line of a
protagonist suspecting that his or her lover may or may not be a
vicious killer, the tension mounting as clue upon clue is
discovered. Unlike both Instinct or Edge, though,
Sliver delivers little suspense, thanks in part to a reshot
ending that changed the original identity of the killer in the Ira
Levin novel and confounded students of rational thought. However, if
you're looking for an unintentionally funny thriller with loads of
extraneous nudity, Sliver is an enjoyably huge hunk of
cheese. --Mark Englehart
