Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
Basic Instinct has generally received mixed reviews.
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Basic Instinct was released in 1992 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 673 reviews, giving Basic Instinct (1992) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 54%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Basic Instinct than critics were.
With a score of 56%, Basic Instinct is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1992, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1992 with similar scores include films like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Boomerang.
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