Gone But Forgotten: Basic Instinct (1992) Film Review

In my infrequent series on art denied classic status on release
or forgotten from the conversation since. Like almost no one
since Sergio Leone, director Paul Verhoeven's work was been
critically derided on release, hugely successful with the public
and gone through countless upward critical revision since.
Whereas Robocop and Total Recall have remained permanently in the
public consciousness, Starship Troopers has undergone endless
re-appraisal and even Showgirls has become a cult classic, his
most controversial film of all has remained curiously quiet, a
look back at the impeccably made Neo-noir that cause such a stir
on release - a much better film than the trash-controversy
elicits and in Sharon Stone, one of the most electric major
league debuts in cinema history.