Watch The Rachel Papers (1989) Free Online

Release Date: 1989

Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Dexter Fletcher, Claire Skinner, Bill Paterson, Shirley Anne Field, Aubrey Morris, Ione Skye, Michael Gambon, Jared Harris, James Spader, Lesley Sharp, Gina McKee

Categories: Movies, Comedy, Coming Of Age, Teen, Drama Film, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, Sex Comedy

The Rachel Papers is a 1989 British film based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis. It stars Dexter Fletcher and Ione Skye as the two main characters, and a number of famous names in supporting roles such as Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, James Spader, Jared Harris, Claire Skinner, and Michael Gambon. With the original novel having described both emotional and physical experiences told from a narrative point of view, Dexter Fletcher conveys this stance by performing occasional "asides" to the audience and often "monologuing" to the camera in a style similar to the posture adopted... MORE

The Rachel Papers is a 1989 British film based on the novel of the same name by Martin Amis. It stars Dexter Fletcher and Ione Skye as the two main characters, and a number of famous names in supporting roles such as Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, James Spader, Jared Harris, Claire Skinner, and Michael Gambon. With the original novel having described both emotional and physical experiences told from a narrative point of view, Dexter Fletcher conveys this stance by performing occasional "asides" to the audience and often "monologuing" to the camera in a style similar to the posture adopted by Matthew Broderick in the 1986 American film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. This has often led to critics citing the film as the UK's answer to the American one, although aside from the monologuing, the two films are otherwise largely dissimilar in terms of plot and characters. Nineteen year old Charles (Fletcher) is a highly sexed and precociously intelligent teenager about to attend Oxford University. Before he does he intends to use all his charm and intelligence to seduce a beautiful American girl, Rachel (Skye). Charles becomes completely besotted by Rachel, and after numerous rebuffs he LESS