9½ Weeks is a 1986 American erotic romantic drama movie. It was directed by Adrian Lyne and it was produced by Mark Damon, Sidney Kimmel, Zalman King, and Antony Rufus-Isaacs. It was released on February 20, 1986. It is based on the Elizabeth McNeill memoir of the same name. The movie is about a New York City art gallery employee who has an affair with a Wall Street broker.

The movie got mixed and negative reviews from critics. 1,000 people attended a preview screening of the movie and everybody except 40 people walked out. 35 of the 40 people who filled out cards said that they really did not like it.^[1] It has a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[2] Movie critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the movie gave the movie 3 and a half stars stars out of 4 and said that "A lot of the success of 9½ Weeks is because Rourke and Basinger make the characters and their relationship convincing."^[3]

In terms of money, this movie did not earn much in the United States but it was successful in Europe.^[4]

• Mickey Rourke as John Gray
• Kim Basinger as Elizabeth McGraw
• Margaret Whitton as Molly
• David Margulies as Harvey
• Christine Baranski as Thea
• Karen Young as Sue
• William De Acutis as Ted (as William DeAcutis)
• Dwight Weist as Farnsworth
• Roderick Cook as Sinclair, the critic
• Victor Truro as Gallery client

• 9½ Weeks on IMDb