: Reviewers at Moving the River highlight the film as a rare, unpretentious portrait of late-'80s London, avoiding the usual "postcard clichés" of the city.
Retrospective: Seducing the Screen in 'The Rachel Papers' (1989) Ione_Skye_The_Rachel_Rapers_1989.1080p.webrip.h...
Based on the debut novel by Martin Amis, the film follows 19-year-old Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) as he prepares for his Oxford entrance exams. Charles is obsessed with seduction, but rather than using charm, he relies on a meticulously organized computer database of "research files" on every woman he targets. : Reviewers at Moving the River highlight the
: While the film received mixed reviews for its "smug" protagonist, Ione Skye was widely praised for her "glowingly sensual performance," making the "mysterious" Rachel feel authentically human. unpretentious portrait of late-'80s London