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User Rating:
5.0/10   298 votes
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Director:
William Curran
Writer (WGA):
William Curran (written by)
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Release Date:
5 December 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife, stunning, kind and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
You guys who rate this movie highly - You're being ironic... aren't you? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Lithgow ... Paul Harrington

Eric Roberts ... Reno Adams

Mädchen Amick ... Lauren Harrington
Richard Edson ... Billy Quayle
Donald Moffat ... Frank Harrington
David Ackroyd ... Tom Kerry
Dan O'Herlihy ... Hamilton Fisk
Jason Workman ... Whit Turner
Claude Earl Jones ... Mayor

Jack Axelrod ... Mario Columbard
Bill McKinney ... Kolchak

John Pyper-Ferguson ... Collins
Tom Kindle ... Convict
Mary Fanaro ... Darlene
Chuck Zito ... Jake
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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1 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
You guys who rate this movie highly - You're being ironic... aren't you?, 16 January 2006
3/10
Author: imprator from England

This has the look, feel and dialogue of a cheap made-for-video "thriller". It's bad.

Everything about this movie is poor. The acting is wooden and the script is worse. Even the score is low-rent. It's just cheap. It looks and sounds as though they had about $2.50 to spend, and they blew that on paying the local delivery boy to write the script.

Honestly, this looks like one of those "erotic thrillers" that are churned out by the dozen - the ones designed to appeal to those who really want to watch full-on porn, but can't admit it to themselves, so they watch soft-porn "thrillers" instead. This movie won't even satisfy that undemanding crowd, though - there isn't nearly enough nudity and sex.

There really is very little to say about this production that is positive. The only saving grace is that the twists at the end of the tale are interesting. It's just a pity that the whole enterprise is so poor, and the build-up to the climax equally so, that the impact of the ending is mostly lost.

If this film had been done properly - with a decent-sized cast, more locations, a well-written script, good direction and production - it could have been good. As it stands, it is just a waste of time.

The people posting positive comments must have an agenda. I don't know what that might be - perhaps they are John Lithgow fans, or they fancy the female lead, or maybe they just enjoy the idea of wasting other people's time by recommending rubbish. Whatever, I suggest that everyone reading this should look elsewhere for entertainment; you won't find it here.

I have given this movie three stars, and if anything that is too high. It only rates that much because of the ending - but I suspect that most people will have lost interest long before they reach that point.

Definitely a movie to avoid.

Rating - 3/10

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