Dominick "Dom" Volberg was running a very successful scam. As he was worth millions due to his apparently shady business dealings, he was able to juggle marriages to three women in Manhattan. He told each of them that he had business in Panama and was gone at least half the time. But his excesses catch up to Dom when one of the three women gets wise to his bigamy, and he is run over by a speeding vehicle.
The three actresses were terrific in portraying the three wives in distinct characterizations.
(1) Allison is the practically minded marriage counselor with a history of violence after she bludgeoned her previous boyfriend, Graham, when she caught him in the sack with her bestie, Gabby.
(2) Marla is the sassy waitress with as much baggage as Allison. Her first husband was murdered, the crime was never solved, and she lost a baby through miscarriage. At one point, she was institutionalized. When Marla learns that Dom had been unfaithful, she tracks down Allison and tackles her in her own home.
(3) Cheryl is the snooty socialite who was cheating herself at the time of Dom's demise. But she will not give the time of day to her social inferiors, Allison and Marla, when they demand equal shares of Dom's substantial estate.
The best scenes in the film are those in which the three women are together typically engaged in a cat-fight. There is also a smug, yet ineffectual police detective who is clueless in Dom's murder investigation.
The filmmakers kept up a brisk pace with snappy dialogue and a subplot involving a Swiss bank account in excess of $4 million in Dom's name. Just at the moment when the ending appeared to be lackluster and inconsequential, there was a plot twist that pulled the rug out from under the audience and left us with a clever dénouement on a park bench. A confession follows, and a lot of loot is divided in a most unanticipated way!
Great fun!
The three actresses were terrific in portraying the three wives in distinct characterizations.
(1) Allison is the practically minded marriage counselor with a history of violence after she bludgeoned her previous boyfriend, Graham, when she caught him in the sack with her bestie, Gabby.
(2) Marla is the sassy waitress with as much baggage as Allison. Her first husband was murdered, the crime was never solved, and she lost a baby through miscarriage. At one point, she was institutionalized. When Marla learns that Dom had been unfaithful, she tracks down Allison and tackles her in her own home.
(3) Cheryl is the snooty socialite who was cheating herself at the time of Dom's demise. But she will not give the time of day to her social inferiors, Allison and Marla, when they demand equal shares of Dom's substantial estate.
The best scenes in the film are those in which the three women are together typically engaged in a cat-fight. There is also a smug, yet ineffectual police detective who is clueless in Dom's murder investigation.
The filmmakers kept up a brisk pace with snappy dialogue and a subplot involving a Swiss bank account in excess of $4 million in Dom's name. Just at the moment when the ending appeared to be lackluster and inconsequential, there was a plot twist that pulled the rug out from under the audience and left us with a clever dénouement on a park bench. A confession follows, and a lot of loot is divided in a most unanticipated way!
Great fun!