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Writer:
Patrick Stettner (writer)
Release Date:
3 May 2002 (UK)
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Plot:
Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist. full summary | add synopsis
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4 wins
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6 nominations
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Could have been an interestng film.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Stockard Channing | ... | Julie Styron |
 | Julia Stiles | ... | Paula Murphy |
 | Fred Weller | ... | Nick Harris (as Frederick Weller) |
| Mary Testa | ... | Receptionist |
| Jack Hallett | ... | Mr. Fostwick |
 | Marcus Giamatti | ... | Robert |
| Buddy Fitzpatrick | ... | Waiter |
| Salem Ludwig | ... | Man at Pool |
| Shelagh Ratner | ... | Airport Announcer |
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Rated R for strong language and some sexuality.
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84 min
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Color (DuArt)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Continuity: When the three are in the hotel room together, it is obviously dark outside and the time is even stated at being "midnight". However, when the television is turned on, the news channel is running live stock quotes (something that would only happen during the day) and the time on the television reads "1:30PM"
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Julie:
I've seen a thousand girls just like you; rich families, all the opportunities and you throw it all away. You put on this act, disaffected, obnoxious, talented but undiscovered. You know what? You all end up with your sensitive husbands, pregnant, coming back pleading for a job and making my coffee.
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Features "The Weather Channel Evening Edition" (2001)
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This could have been a very interesting film. Stockard Channing turns in her usual phenomenal performance, but even her formidable skills can't save this one. It begins as a fascinating character study of a woman at the top (Channing) with very little to show for it, and had it remained Channing's story, it might have worked. However, the very forced introduction of a vaguely threatening younger woman takes the script into an plot filled with implausible choices and sometimes laughable dialogue - at the very moments when it should be most dramatic. This film could have seethed with undercurrents and subtle sexual tension. Instead, we're hit over the head repeatedly with "tension" so overt it renders any chemistry between the two actresses absolutely lifeless. Too bad - this film could've had a good thing going.