The reviews on here are hilarious. First of all, this is NOT meant to be a great drama or romance....it's mind candy .
Yes, the plot of lonely wife, tempted by sexy (and psycho) contractor has been done many times, but obviously people find it entertaining or it wouldn't be such a perennial.
My husband, who watched this with me, renamed the movie "The Shirtless Man Chronicle" because this seems to be said contractor's only qualification: he looks good shirtless. Anyone who's ever hired a contractor KNOWS (1) they don't look like male models and (2) they don't show up to go over plans with you, naked from the waist up. Nor, considering they work with power tools, raw lumber, and nails, do they prance around semi-clothed on the worksite.
So...take this movie as female fantasy (with requisite guilt). And as to the confusion about the child who interrupts the lovemaking at the beginning of the movie, I believe that's supposed to be a flashback to when the contractor was a child. It's made obvious in the story, he had 'issues' from an early age, having been exposed to too many 'stepdaddies'' (his mother was promiscuous); his odd reaction to his pet being killed shows he's already unbalanced.
Yes, the plot of lonely wife, tempted by sexy (and psycho) contractor has been done many times, but obviously people find it entertaining or it wouldn't be such a perennial.
My husband, who watched this with me, renamed the movie "The Shirtless Man Chronicle" because this seems to be said contractor's only qualification: he looks good shirtless. Anyone who's ever hired a contractor KNOWS (1) they don't look like male models and (2) they don't show up to go over plans with you, naked from the waist up. Nor, considering they work with power tools, raw lumber, and nails, do they prance around semi-clothed on the worksite.
So...take this movie as female fantasy (with requisite guilt). And as to the confusion about the child who interrupts the lovemaking at the beginning of the movie, I believe that's supposed to be a flashback to when the contractor was a child. It's made obvious in the story, he had 'issues' from an early age, having been exposed to too many 'stepdaddies'' (his mother was promiscuous); his odd reaction to his pet being killed shows he's already unbalanced.