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6.1/10   195 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Lisa Friedman Bloch (written by) &
Kathy Kirtland Silverman (written by)
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Release Date:
13 April 1997 (USA) more
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Plot:
A woman urges her daughter to get married. And when her daughter does, she doesn't think that she made a good choice. So she goes out and hires a killer to kill her son-in-law. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Joanna Kerns ... Celeste Cooper

Christine Elise ... Laurel Cooper Rogers
Grant Show ... Ted Rogers

Jessica Walter ... Joan

Sherman Augustus ... Dale Cutler

David Spielberg ... George Cooper
Kristen Dalton ... Lynn
Jeanette O'Connor ... Harriet Rogers
Michael Covert ... Burt Willis
Eric Robertson ... Michael
Annabelle Weenick ... Aide

Giselle Fernandez ... Newscaster
Jeff Olson ... Minister
Alan Gregory ... IRS Supervisor
Douglas Caputo ... Frank
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Runtime:
96 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
A Clever and Wicked Thriller, 16 April 1999
10/10
Author: Saayman

I loved this movie. It was extremely entertaining, and featured an excellent cast. Joanna Kerns was wicked as Celeste, and Christine Elise was also great as the innocent daughter. If you don't know the plot of this story, here it is.

Joanna Kerns plays Celeste, a rich woman who feels that it's time for her daughter to have a serious relationship. So she places a personal ad in the paper. When a guy, played by Grant Shaw of "Melrose Place", answers the ad, it's love at first sight for him and the daughter, played by Christine Elise. But mother isn't impressed with daughter's new boyfriend, because he is a mechanic, and not a lawyer or a doctor. So she arranges for him to be murdered!

A Great little thriller. I Highly recommend it.

My rating: 8/10

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