-1993- — Indecent Proposal

David (Woody Harrelson) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore) are a happily married but financially struggling couple who lose their savings in Las Vegas.

Upon release, Indecent Proposal was eviscerated by critics. Roger Ebert gave it zero stars, calling it "an immoral film, not because it deals with a wife who agrees to sleep with a stranger for money, but because it thinks that’s the beginning of an interesting story." He argued the film glossed over the actual trauma to get to the glossy soap opera. indecent proposal -1993-

The Million-Dollar Question: Re-visiting Indecent Proposal (1993) David (Woody Harrelson) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore)

Indecent Proposal arrived at a fascinating historical crossroads. The 1980s “greed is good” ethos had crashed spectacularly, but the hangover remained. The early 90s were marked by recession, downsizing, and a creeping sense that the American Dream had been a Ponzi scheme. calling it "an immoral film