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4.7/10   301 votes
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Director:
David Madden
Writer (WGA):
Steven Pressfield (written by)
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Release Date:
8 September 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
She hired him to watch her.
Plot:
The e-cop Tom Beckwith has just quit his police job in order to study psychology. But his professor... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Slightly above average more (3 total)

Cast

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James Belushi ... Tom Beckwith

Linda Hamilton ... Lauren Porter

Vera Miles ... Dr. Ruth Goldin

Elisabeth Moss ... Ronni Beckwith
Drew Snyder ... Robert Porter

Mark Lindsay Chapman ... Keno Sykes
Marc Poppel ... Detective Joe Gallo
Elizabeth Arlen ... Dee Harris
Josh Taylor ... Charles Duffy
Ken Kerman ... Detective Boyle

Michael Whaley ... Detective Miller

Jackie Debatin ... Darlene

Joshua Malina ... Randall
Lisa Vanderpump ... Heidi Porter
Craig Stepp ... David Mills
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:18 | USA:R
Company:
Interscope Communications more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Vera Miles' final acting role. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Fast Show: Mixa (#2.2)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Die Laughing more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Slightly above average, 18 September 2006
6/10
Author: Bjorn (jbjorns) from Iceland

Former Detective Belushi is hired by his Psychology teacher (Hamilton) to follow her around as she believes she's living a double life. Belushi finds out she is indeed living a double life as his teacher is schizophrenic and her second lifestyle is a dangerous one. In the meantime they fall for each other.

A decent enough story gets mediocre screen treatment, starts off well but loses steam towards the end and the climax is wholly unsatisfying. The actors elevate the film to above average material with convincing performances, Belushi especially good as the widowed former detective. But I must mention that Linda Hamilton, in addition to giving a good performance, has never looked more stunning than here.

With a slightly better script and ending the film could have been very good.

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