A Table for One (1999)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Ron Senkowski

Writer:

Ron Senkowski (writer)

Release Date:

19 August 1999 (Singapore)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Hidden agendas, buried secrets, their...

Plot:

A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.

Plot Keywords:

Double Life | Murder | Trap | Sex | Polygamy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Rebecca De Mornay	...	Ruth Draper
Michael Rooker	...	Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
Mark Rolston	...	Tom Bernard
Lisa Zane	...	Ariana Harpwood
Shareen Mitchell	...	Betty Bernard
Lauren Summers	...	Cosette Swan
Adele Yoshioka	...	Lab Assistant
Ari Barak	...	Dr. Malik
Diane Robin	...	Real Estate Agent
Peter Dobson	...	Delivery Guy
Dale Dye	...	Vernon Harpwood
Keli Daniels	...	Socialite
Michael Guerin	...	Rik (as Michael D. Guerin)
Melissa Senkowski	...	Shelly
Patrick O'Neal	...	Brad

Also Known As:

Wicked Ways (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for scenes of strong sexuality, some violence and language.

Runtime:

110 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 (video rating) | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

T41 Productions

True to the Art of the Late-Nighter

This is not a diamond in the rough. It's also not terrible. Don't go looking for this movie. However, if this movie happens to find you, and you don't have much to do, watching it may not be the worst idea.

The whole picture is very phoned in, but it's not disrespectful to the form of the phoned-in picture. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the best thing about this film is the writing. The acting is competent, but it's nothing special, and the whole thing is shot plainly, like most watchable direct to video, but the writing is just a little bit better. It's unambitious, of course, but it's artful, and it's not too heavily cliched. It plays with obvious symbols and simple tropes, but it does a generally good job of it, and the fact that the story keeps moving in novel directions and does not degenerate into porn or gunplay shows that the writer probably has it in his or her power to write for much better pictures.

There's one or two jumps in the plot, but if you're the unforgiving type, you shouldn't be watching cable TV at 4 AM in the first place. All in all, not a bad movie. Objectively, it can't be said to be of any quality, but it certainly does not offend.