Fatal Instinct
Teens

Fatal Instinct

Best from age 13 · PG-13 · 1993 · 90 min

Fatal Instinct

This comedy spoofs classic film noir, following a bumbling detective/lawyer who begins an affair with a mysterious woman. Unbeknownst to him, his wife is also having an affair and plotting his demise for insurance money. It

What's in it

0 = none · 10 = intense

Violence & peril

Moderate

3/10

Language

Moderate

3/10

Drinking, drugs & smoking

Moderate

4/10

Romance & sensuality

Moderate

5/10

Scary moments

Mild

2/10

Heads up

  • Sexual innuendo and suggestive situations are frequent.
  • Characters smoke and drink alcohol regularly.
  • Some comedic violence and slapstick.

Models well

  • Loyalty and fidelity (by inversion)
  • Exposing greed and deception

Talk about it after

  • How spoofs use humor to comment on other movies.
  • The difference between right and wrong, even when characters blur the lines.
  • The concept of justice and how it is portrayed in the film.
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