Editing Reversal of Fortune (section)

== Reception ==
The film received mostly positive reviews and holds a 92% approval rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with an average score of 7.9/10 from 51 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Featuring exceptional performances and a cunning script, ''Reversal of Fortune'' doubles as a tantalizing mystery and ruthless satire of the rich."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/reversal_of_fortune/|title=Reversal of Fortune (1990)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=December 12, 2020}}</ref> It has a score of 93 on Metacritic with 18 reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reversal of Fortune |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/reversal-of-fortune/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=www.metacritic.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[63rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Barbet Schroeder]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991 |title=The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=October 20, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020005240/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1991 |archive-date=October 20, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Jeremy Irons]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[Nicholas Kazan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama]]
| Howard Feuer
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1991 |title=Nominees/Winners |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1990|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Jeremy Irons
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1990s |publisher=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Nicholas Kazan
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1990|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Jeremy Irons
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 1, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Jeremy Irons
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php |title=Cronologia Dei Premi David Di Donatello |publisher=[[David di Donatello]] |access-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[48th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/reversal-fortune/ |title=Reversal of Fortune |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Jeremy Irons
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Barbet Schroeder
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Nicholas Kazan
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Best Actor
| rowspan="2"| Jeremy Irons
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1990-99/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1990-99 |publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1990 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1990.php |title=The 16th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Nicholas Kazan
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Cinematography
| [[Luciano Tovoli]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1990|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|5th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1990/ |title=1990 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1990 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Jeremy Irons
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1990 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1990 |title=1990 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Barbet Schroeder
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Jeremy Irons
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| PEN Center USA West Literary Awards
| Best Screenplay
| Nicholas Kazan
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| Political Film Society Awards
| colspan="2"| [[Political Film Society Award for Exposé|Exposé]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[43rd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| Nicholas Kazan
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

In 2015, the 25th anniversary of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' named ''Reversal of Fortune'' on its list of the 25 best films of the past 25 years.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=EW's 25 Best Movies in 25 Years|url=http://www.ew.com/gallery/25-best-movies-25-years|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2003: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains]]:
** [[Claus von Bülow|Claus von Bulow]] – Nominated Villain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/handv400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains Nominees |access-date=13 August 2016}}</ref>
* 2008: [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]:
** Nominated Courtroom Drama Film<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/10top10.pdf?docID=381&AddInterest=1781 |title=AFI's 10 Top 10 Nominees |format=PDF |date=16 November 2011 |access-date=19 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071937/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/10top10.pdf?docID=381&AddInterest=1781 |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>