Sliver

Plot synopsis:
Carly Norris (Sharon Stone) moves into an exclusive New York residential building, not long after the previous tenant, Naomi Singer, falls to her death from her balcony. She immediately crosses paths with other tenants including the handsome Zeke (William Baldwin).
Carly and Zeke soon start meeting quite often; Carly eventually agrees to go to the gym with Zeke, who begins to turn her on by grabbing her hips while exercising. After hanging out for a while, they end up having sex and begin a sexual relationship. Carly is also being romantically pursued by Jack (Tom Berenger), a novelist who is another resident of her building.
Two of Carly's neighbors (Keene Curtis, Polly Walker) die under suspicious circumstances. As she discovers more about Zeke and Jack, she begins to distrust both and also uncovers shocking secrets about other people who live around her. Carly eventually finds out that Jack killed Naomi because of his jealousy of Zeke. It is revealed that Zeke knew that Jack was the killer, but chose to ignore it because it would expose his other secret: he has surveillance cameras allowing him to spy on every apartment, including hers.
Although she is both curious about and disturbed by the cameras, she sees footage of Zeke having sex with Naomi, as well as the murder of Naomi by Jack. Carly eventually destroys Zeke's surveillance room and his video monitors, telling him to "get a life" before leaving him and the building.

Tags: suspenseful, mystery, murder

Review:
It may be true that Joe Eszterhas rehashes his basic formula one more time here - "Is the person with whom the hero/heroine gets sexually involved a murdered or an innocent victim, framed by someone else?" - but it's a formula that works, that grabs your attention instinctively.
Maybe this thriller would've been tighter if the gratuitously protracted (and not very erotic) sex scenes had been trimmed down in length, but Baldwin is magnetic in his role and Sharon Stone, great to look at as always, also gives a decent performance; they both overshadow Tom Berenger who doesn't make even the slightest impression.
Stone moves into an apartment building, has weird neighbors, spooky things start happening left and right, "perv" Baldwin watches her through surveillance cameras etc.Sliver had potential.
Stone is simply a goddess and delivers a good performance but William Baldwin is utterly intolerable, why this man was given leading roles in big budget Hollywood films I will never know.
Apartment complex in New York City is beset with strange deaths and cameras everywhere; new tenant Sharon Stone is dating the mysterious owner, but could he be the killer?
Based on a flimsy novel by Ira Levin (who was slumming, but that's a different story), this unappealing film wants to be both sexy crime-thriller and murder-mystery, but it is such a mess from a writer's standpoint that, in the end, all you have left are the performances, which aren't dynamic enough to carry the load.
Both of her suitors are creepy and seem about as trustworthy as politicians, and it appears likely that at least one of them has committed some terrible crimes.This film must have made a better grade b mystery/suspense novel than a movie.
Sliver is overloaded with baggage and filler - too many sex scenes, a little too much character development (especially considering how shallow, irrational and absurd most of the characters are) and not enough psychological realism.Overall, I found the film slightly entertaining, but a little difficult to get all the way through..
Sharon Stone's character Carly Norris is a respected book editor with pretty much no social life, until she moves to a new apartment building called Sliver Heights, where she meets William Baldwin's character Zeke Hawkins and the two form a very passionate relationship.
Of course being a thriller, something isn't quite right, and so Carly searches to find out what is going on.Stone and Baldwin are both excellent in their leading roles.
Finally, CCH Pounder plays the detective, Lt. Victoria Hendrix, though she is rather under-used here, this not being one of her best performances, probably because of the fact that she is under-used."Sliver" provokes some interesting topics of conversation for your next cocktail party, namely the notions of privacy and what would you do if you had the power to watch almost whoever you wanted, as Baldwin's character did.
So there's an odd feeling of familiarity.Next, the script, by Joe Ezterhaus, is "Basic Instinct" meets "Jagged Edge." The film starts out like a classic woman in peril film, except the woman is Sharon Stone and the camera lingers on her obsessively.
35-year-old book editor Carly Norris, who was married for 7 years but is now having trouble starting a new relationship, wants to move into the posh high-rise Sliver Building on New York's East Side.
The movie has a chilling quality that increases as time passes.I thought Sharon Stone did a good job here, but her best moment was a funny scene where Carly's date wants to see her panties.
Ugh. Bad, bad, bad movie, carried only by the alleged star-power of Sharon Stone and featuring another Baldwin reject and about as much eroticism as an obscene phone call.
"Sliver" feels like one of those movies, not uncommon in the early to mid 90's, where the film-makers tried to add as much sexual-tension as they possibly could.
There is also the insanely crappy story of murders happening in a house full of cameras, and still no-one knows who the killer is.In the end "Sliver" fails where "Basic Instinct" succeeds.
See, there are people in places who can know a very great deal if they choose, and also people who choose to make sure that no one knows a good deal about anything...So I dare you, watch the film again and find a new ending all on your own..
Im suprised there is so many bad reviews of this film!I liked it, I've seen it a few times and it's still entertaining to watch.
Sexually inactive book editor Carly Norris (Sharon Stone) gets a new apartment in a Manhattan high rise before learning that the previous tenant went over the railing to her death.
Sliver : One of actress "Sharon Stone"'s most successful films !!!!.
This film was made in early nineties, a highly productive phase for actress Sharon Stone who starred in two successful "erotic" thrillers.
Apart from its excessive focus on mystery as a narrative device to mesmerize viewers, director Phil Noyce and Screen writer Joe Eszterhas are able to move their film forward with extreme caution as the answer to the vital question about who is the killer is neither revealed nor understood by audiences until the very end.
Sharon Stone plays Carly Norris, a lonely Manhattan book editor who moves into a luxurious toothpick-thin  (the sliver of the title)  building.
If the sight of Sharon Stone and William Baldwin gyrating their way through a series of long and drawn-out sex scenes is appealing, then I'd recommend SLIVER, one in a wave of erotic thrillers that populated the mid-1990s in the wake of BASIC INSTINCT.
For movie fans in general, though, SLIVER is a bit of a non-starter.The film's biggest flaw is an overly familiar script, which has an interesting premise involving voyeurism but does little with it (other than inviting the viewer to participate, a theme which has been done to death these days anyway).
Sharon Stone moves into a high-tech apartment block where people are being murdered, and we're supposed to care about what happens next.There are flashes of interest and inspiration throughout, usually involving the supporting cast.
The talents of CCH Pounder and Martin Landau also end up wasted in favour of dull, slightly wooden turns from Stone (who displays none of the charm and allure she essayed in BASIC INSTINCT) and a sweaty, unpleasant Baldwin.The thriller aspects are unevenly handled, and Aussie director Philip Noyce (who directed DEAD CALM, one of my favourite thrillers) drops the ball more than once, failing to elicit suspense from scenarios which should be tense and atmospheric.
SLIVER isn't all bad; the most undemanding of movie fans might even enjoy it, but I'm afraid I've been here way too many times to see anything even remotely interesting..
After Basic Instinct, many expected at least an erotic sequel instead of a dull and uninspired rip off.Sharon plays an executive living in a high rise with great views (both in AND out).
Billy "Duckface" Baldwin wasn't that impressive other than his physical presence (and that the gaming/computer nerd in me loved some of his 90's period-paraphernalia, such as a Sid Meier's Civilization poster, a Macintosh PowerBook Duo Dock, Nine Inch Nails and Megadeth posters, and a few hints that he was a gamer); Sharon Stone looked sexy and gorgeous as was probably expected (in one scene she's wearing a choker...
Sharon Stone plays Carly Norris in this movie.
In the movie, which was made horrifyingly bad by Eszterhas's pitiful script, Sharon Stone comes off as weak and guilt-ridden and goes through her scenes with questionable motivation.
Sharon Stone is an extraordinarily good actress who can turn her hand easily to whatever character she plays.
This is an entertaining thriller, quite erotic in parts as Sharon Stone's movies often are.
Sliver (1993) Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Martin Landau, Polly Walker, Nina Foch, CCH Pounder, Colleen Camp, Keene Curtis, Nicholas Pryor, Amanda Foreman, D: Phillip Noyce.
It's hard to say that this slumming movie fully goes all-out to be what it wants to be: a voyeuristic murder-mystery thriller, by the director stressing a high importance on selling sex and violence.
Sharon Stone moves into a high rise apartment (Sliver), after getting divorce, but always feel like she is being watched and that's just the beginning of her nightmare.
I loved this film along with other thrillers of its time.The movie is about a woman who moves into a new apartment block.
I thought it was entertaining and I had forgotten who the bad guy was anyway, so the film was still a surprise for me.The movie stars Sharon Stone, William Baldwin and Tom Berenger.
There was more that could have happened.I did like this movie, but it is not Sharons best.I will give this film 7 out of 10."You like to watch?
The best movie of Sharon Stone, the screenplay by Joe Eszterhas is brilliant.
If you like the good movies, please rent SLIVER...
Fear of losing their attention?Someone said that the eroticism lies over the absence or the unreachable of the desired object; in this story, this happen while the male character spies on Sharon Stone while she is on her own intimacy; but when the things get in person the plot is forced in the movie trying to make it more suspenseful; and then, the film falls in the common place.Although, it is remarkable the prophetic treatment about Reality TV and its influence in the human mind, years before the waterfalls of Big Brothers and Survivors invaded our media sedated lives.Well, soft porn fans, become voyeurs and enjoy the show without any remorse; there are lots of tasty lust to watch..
Instead, it's a badly written thriller that lacks the shock value it wanted to have.Single book editor Carly Norris (Stone) moves into her new apartment, recently vacated by a young woman who threw herself off her balcony overlooking New York.
Stone does the best she can with the material and easily outshines her two male co-stars but the complete lack of chemistry with Baldwin kinda hinders the film on the erotic front as well.
At times, I felt sorry for Stone who must have realised that this is a lame and cynical attempt at cashing in on the success and notoriety "Basic Instinct" by being a seedy and exploitative erotic thriller in the exact same mould.There is enough to suggest that "Sliver" could have made much more of its premise.
"Sliver" is derivative of so many films that it cannot help but imitate the likes of "Basic Instinct", "Fatal Attraction" and "Body Of Evidence" during the erotic thriller explosion of the early Nineties.
If ever there was a movie that sold on Sharon Stone's sexual heat, it's SLIVER.
Philip Noyce directed this steamy thriller that stars Sharon Stone as Carly Norris, a book editor moving into a New York apartment building owned by young Zeke Hawkins(played by William Baldwin) with whom she begins an affair, not knowing that he has secretly wired the entire building with his closed circuit television where he can watch all the tenants like a TV series.
Misfired thriller is hopelessly muddled and unsatisfying, though Sharon Stone's sexy performance is by far the best thing about it..
As a thriller, "Sliver" pretty much sucks.It's obvious that this was a studio set-up hack with Ira Levin's competent, engaging (though far from his best) suspenser vivisected down to the frame in order to be filled out as the next "Sharon Stone sexpot vehicle." I'm not completely sure anymore (I read the book over a decade ago) but I think that even the identity of the killer was different...anyway, I remember being at least engaged, which I wasn't at all with this movie.It's not a TOTAL dud...there are some interesting parts...the multitude of small supporting characters gives some voyeuristic thrills, and this is a well-shot movie.
But back to the movie, unfortunately.The biggest minuses Sliver has going against it are the "performances" (ha ha) of Billy Baldwin and --- ESPECIALLY --- Tom Berenger.
Sliver has a very basic premise- A young, good looking female moves into a tall building in NYC but it turns out there are a lot of skeletons hiding among the residents.
For one thing William Baldwin is throughly miscast, and although Tom Berenger is not, there is so little meat to his role that the guy has nothing to work with.The whole set-up is not even two-dimensional and there is just so much you just don't buy: the 'relationship' between Baldwin's character and Stone is at best ludicrous.
Stone who acts well, far from her Basic Instinct character, and she's, surrounded by some strong performers, plays Carly Norris, an editor who's just moved into this high rise NYe building, catching the eye of two people, a young mysterious hottie (Baldwin) and a successful, and jealous novelist (Berenger).
It was nice to see Tom Berenger, he was probably the best thing about the movie, his acting was kinda memorable so was his character.
Sharon Stone's first post "Basic Instinct" (1992) role casts her in the Michael Douglas style role of the prior film, beset by an unknown murderer in her newly moved into New York high-rise (a "Sliver" building).
Stone is fairly competent as an attractive, uptight divorcée, while potential suitors William Baldwin and Tom Berenger look great and support well.
The plot centers around a new tenant (Sharon Stone) moving in to a New York apartment building.
In fact, there is even a masturbation scene.Well essentially, this movie deals with voyeurism, as somebody is watching every tenant in the building with hidden cameras strategically placed in each room.
However, he spends most of his time watching Sharon's Stone's character.
This movie is great to watch with a date....but Basic Instinct is better.
It looks great, fabulous photography, not very good suspense, Sharon Stone can't really act(Basic Instinct exempt).
Let's get right to the point: "Sliver" was made with a main purpose- serve as a vehicle for Sharon Stone after the very fine "Basic Instinct".
It is however one of the famed "stone sex series", which although doesn't rival Basic Instinct can be erotic with Sharon's fabulous figure and great experience in that field.
"Sliver" plays almost like a gender-reversed "Basic Instinct", but lightning doesn't strike twice: the sex scenes are unremarkable (except maybe for the fact that you see more nudity from William Baldwin than from Sharon Stone in them), and there is nowhere near the same tension (or action).
This sexy thriller wasn't as interesting or well made as Basic instinct and is also some what silly that it has some funny moments though that being said I didn't find it terrible and Sharon Stone looks damn sexy in this at 35 years as a vulnerable woman moving to an apartment where a lady who looked like her was recently pushed from the window.
We the audience are given 2 suspects who we believe may have been responsible for the fall Tom Berenger a kinda intense writer and William Baldwin a perverted horny landlord of the apartment who watches his tenants on television films.
The film does manage some suspense and I thought the sex scenes were pretty good and probably not as explicit as some would expect so its not bad to watch at night time for a thriller film with erotics..
Spoilers!SLIVER, starring Sharon Stone, Tom Berenger and William Baldwin, is not much of a movie.
For long time, Basic Instinct and Sliver were two movies that I avoided watching.
What I am trying to say is that, the movie is enjoyable, not for the sex but more so for the story and the element of thrill.Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about this movie "Sliver", which I ended up watching in the hope that maybe people were wrong (as in case of Basic Instinct) that this movie was just sex.
Sharon Stone plays herself (A whore) in this awful movie.
Also, watch The Kid Stays in the Picture to learn how the producer of The Godfather and Rosemary's Baby was often more interesting than the stars of his films), Sliver was originally rated NC 17 due to its sex scenes and some male frontal nudity.
Also, there was an original ending - we'll get to it in a bit - that audiences hated.Carly Norris (Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct) is a book editor that never seems to go to her job.
While she is there, she spends most of her time gossiping and bemoaning the fact that she never gets to have sex, despite being oh so fashionable and, you know, looking like Sharon Stone in 1993.Somehow, she gets to immediately move into the best New York apartment ever, as the previous tenant (Naomi Singer, who looks exactly like Carly, which is a giallo staple if I've ever heard of one) has recently fallen to her death from her balcony.Everyone in the building wants to get to know her, no one more than Zeke (William Baldwin, Flatliners).
He says that he designs "computer video games" and she's just happy to have a younger man interested in her, despite the fact that she has a six-figure clothing budget (giallo fashion alert) and, you know, looks like Sharon Stone in 1993.Carly also has another suitor, a writer named Jack (Tom Berenger, Major League) who is the most sexist character in the film, but certainly not in Eszterhaus' oeuvre.
Who would have thought a Sharon Stone movie would be boring?.
Stone seemed cold and very controlled by the director' s narrow vision of the film and how he was keen on making another sex themed thriller like basic instinct instead of concentrating on the great potentials Sliver would have .
all in all the director had the chance of a life time to make a great classic thriller where people would think twice before they do anything because someone might be watching , but instead he went after cheap sex scenes and a predictable plot.