Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.
Sliver is a glossy but hollow erotic thriller that squanders a potentially intriguing voyeurism premise. The plot is convoluted and unsatisfying, with character motivations that rarely hold up to scrutiny. Sharon Stone tries to carry the film but the script gives her little to work with, and the supporting performances from Baldwin and Berenger are largely flat. Cinematography captures the sleek Manhattan luxury aesthetic competently enough. The voyeurism/surveillance theme feels derivative of better films like Rear Window, offering little that's genuinely fresh. The ending is famously terrible — widely mocked upon release — with an abrupt, nonsensical resolution that feels like a studio-mandated reshoot dodge rather than a satisfying conclusion.