Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Timothy Hutton | ... | Peter Derns | |
Lara Flynn Boyle | ... | Kris Bolin | |
Dwight Schultz | ... | Roger Jasser | |
Oliver Platt | ... | Jack Hartsell | |
Steven Weber | ... | Brad Montroe | |
Colleen Flynn | ... | Sara Meinhold | |
Faye Dunaway | ... | Charlene Towne | |
Scott Coffey | ... | Lance | |
Dakin Matthews | ... | Dr. Feldman | |
Maura Tierney | ... | Sharon Derns | |
Lin Shaye | ... | Rosemary | |
Michael Winters | ... | Mercer | |
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Daniel C. Swanson | ... | Nathan Derns (as Danny Swanson) |
Demene Hall | ... | Marla Higgins (as Demene E. Hall) | |
Jesse Vint | ... | Larry |
A cookie company takeover has employees scrambling to make a case for continued employment. An executive's administrative assistant takes paternity leave, and he gets a temp who is too good to be true, doing tasks at a fast pace and doing quite a bit of creative work for the project. The executive starts noticing that all the obstacles to his climb up the corporate ladder are disappearing, including the death of some of his rivals. When his regular admin returns to work, his temp, who has made it clear that she wishes to stay with him, begins her own accelerated climb up the ladder, and he begins wondering if she was responsible for the removal of the obstacles. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
I found this video in an ex-rental shop, i had never heard of it and bought it for 50 eurocents. When i came home and searched on how people voted for this film. The average vote was not encouraging so i left it on the shelf for months. When i decided to watch it, it was surprisingly good. Not a classic and sometimes very predictable, but never dull. Good performances by the leading characters, especially Laura Flynn Boyle and Faye Dunaway. I rate this film 8 out 0f 10.