Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) (TV)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

William Curran

Writer (WGA):

William Curran (written by)

Release Date:

5 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife, stunning, kind and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Sex | Female Nudity

Cast

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

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Showtime Networks

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Shining (1980)

You guys who rate this movie highly - You're being ironic... aren't you?

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