An affair begins after an out of work fisherman delivers firewood to a writer staying in a cape cod village. It continues for 6 months. There seems to be no reason for it- Mike is happy with his family except for squabbles with his wife, Nancy, about work;.Elizabeth wants to start a family, but tells Mike she can't have children. Of course, she ends up pregnant. Mike wants nothing to do with it, or if he supports the child it's not mentioned. Fast forward two years- Elizabeth comes back to the cape with a (what appears to be a six month old) baby. Doing the math, the baby should be at least 15 months old, but Mike's own children haven't grown in two and a half years either. Mike admits the affair to his wife, who freaks and throws some clothes at him and tells him to get lost. Then she confronts Elizabeth in a very awkward encounter at Elizabeth's door. Later the town drug dealer hitches a ride with Elizabeth and forgets his giant bag of cocaine in her SUV. His drug boss is a little upset and they stake out Elizabeth's house that night. She pulls up, leaves the baby in a cold car and goes into the house to put groceries away. Instead of running to the unlocked SUV and getting the bag of drugs, the boss drug dealer goes into her house, grabs a knife, and presumably stabs her. WTF? In the end, everyone she knows goes in the house so I guess they are all suspects?? Ending scene is ridiculous. Dumb movie. I give it one star for the pretty houses.
Review of Murder on the Cape
