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Director:
Writer:
Eric Weiss (writer)
Tagline:
Evil Never Looked So Good.
Plot:
14-year-old Ellie Christianson wants to make her father Ben her love partner. And when her mother Karen turns up dead, Ellie has a good opportunity. more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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This Week on Stage: 'The Understudy,' 'Idiot Savant,' and 'Nightingale'
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 7 November 2009, 5:00 AM, PST)
This week on stage: 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Finian's Rainbow'
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 30 October 2009, 11:00 AM, PDT)
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Superb little gem of a thriller. Hitchcock would've loved it more (38 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julia Stiles | ... | Ellie Christianson |
 | Louise Myrback | ... | Lena Anderson |
 | William R. Moses | ... | Ben Christianson |
| Chelsea Field | ... | Karen Christianson |
 | Vanessa Zima | ... | Inger Christianson |
 | Patrick Muldoon | ... | Lawson Smith |
| Linda Hart | ... | Mrs. Potter |
| Casey Rion | ... | Leon |
| Michael Parks | ... | Detective Boland |
| Patrick McTavish | ... | Bobby Smith |
| Connie Blankenship | ... | Mrs. Smith |
 | Venessa Verdugo | ... | Police Woman |
| Kyle Sabihy | ... | Snuffy Holmes |
 | Sterling Macer Jr. | ... | Detective Ritchie (as Sterling Macer) |
 | Beano | ... | Forensic Cop |
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The Second Wife (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content.
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88 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R
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Inger Christianson: Who died and made you boss?... Oh. more
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When I am Queen more
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I stumbled on this on cable, expecting very little -- and was I ever surprised! The young female lead was spectacular, and all the main actors did fine, fine work, even the youngest child. This film deserves a much wider audience.
My only explanation for the extremely low ratings is the subject matter. The shadow of incest is off-putting to a lot of people, and I suspect many viewers just cannot enjoy a film where the subject matter makes them very uncomfortable. This is not a wimpy film with the predictable moral messages, but a very gutsy, finely-crafted piece of work that keeps you on the edge straight through.
This is a refreshingly different and exciting film that is miles beyond the usual Hollywood rot, and it manages to convey a steamy, dangerous eroticism without nudity or simulated-sex scenes. It takes a real director and some real actors to pull this off. And they didn't have to resort to car chases or gunfights, either.