B.5
(out of 5)
Lame comedy thriller that uses twists and turns in place of interesting characters and wise dialogue. Patricia Arquette plays a woman married to Dermot Mulroney but having an affair with Don Johnson, someone ends up dead, we’re not sure how it really happened, someone ends up really in love with someone else, and to confound it all, a nosy, wisecracking detective (Ellen DeGeneres) keeps the bad guy from getting away too smoothly. Arquette is no classic femme fatale, though she tries hard, and performances by Johnson, Mulroney and Mary-Louise Parker are just plain boring. A terrific musical score by John Ottman and a very funny performance by DeGeneres (especially her makeup in the last scene) helps, and the movie is stylish, but it’s also hopelessly empty.
Regency Enterprises, Gotham Entertainment Group, Lightmotive
Directed by Roland Joffe
Story by Ron Peer, Screenplay by Ron Peer, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Cinematography by Dante Spinotti
Produced by Chris Daniel, Patrick McDarrah, Alexandra Milchan, Joel Roodman
Music by John Ottman
Production Design by Stewart Starkin
Costume Design by Theadora Van Runkle
Film Editing by William Steinkamp
Cast Tags: Akane Nelson, Alex Rocco, Andi Chapman,Andre Gregory, Angela Blattenberger, Ashley Thornton, Barry Newman, Bianca Davis, Britney Mahurin, Bruce Rogers, Candace Kovacic, Charles Gladney, Chic Daniel, Courtney Hansen, Danny Goldring, Darrick Collins, David Brisbin, Demi Dustman, Dermot Mulroney, Don Johnson, Doug Spinuzza, Ellen DeGeneres, Erin Keim, Ernie Lively, Frances Bay, Gary Sear, George Furth, Gerald T. Olson,Germany, Jay B. Yarnel, Jenna Escoto, John Neville, John Prosky, JoNell Kennedy, Juliana Kubicki, Julie Shapiro, Kellie Roberson, Ken Lam, Kenneth Moskow, Kevin Cooney, Lee Weaver, Leslie Jordan, Lisa Cohen, Lisa Eichhorn, Lou Myers, Marcus Shirock, Mary Lippman, Mary-Louise Parker, Max Perlich, Michael Krawic, Michael P. Byrne, Michael William James, Mike Singer, Molly Hager, Natalie Thornton, Newell Alexander, Nina Siemaszko, Patricia Arquette, Pavel Cerny,Quincy Smith, Ray McKinnon, Richard T. Jones, Rob LaBelle, Sabi Dorr, Will Stewart
