I was pleased to see Laura San Giacomo's name come up in the opening credits as I thought she was one of the best things in Pretty Woman and Sex Lies & Videotape, but here she just didn't seem right. She was neither believable as a femme fatale nor as a vulnerable victim, and I could never quite work out if it was her fault or the script's, which was pretty ropey in some places. Not that she was helped by the clumsy, unnecessary sex scenes- it's pretty hard to make plot lines sound credible mid-hump. However- she looked absolutely gorgeous in all the New Look outfits: very Audrey Hepburn.
I did like the ending though- and it didn't come as big a surprise to me as it did to other reviewers here- the whole film had a Jagged Edge feel to it, plus it answered my 2 main questions throughout the film: 1) why would detective who knew he was a suspect put himself in the dodgy position of being caught shagging the beneficiary of a will, and 2) why did he go back to her all lovey-dovey straight after telling Frank he was convinced she was the killer? At the time I thought it was poor plotting/characterisation, but then I gradually cottoned on to it being a deliberate ploy. Poor Angeline eh.
My only eyeroll was the opening shower scene; strange how we got to see Maggie O'Neill full frontal naked but never Liam Neeson- it's almost as if he had more say in the matter.
Best acting of all was Kenneth Cranham as Frank- he can always make cliched lines seem fresh and believable..
I did like the ending though- and it didn't come as big a surprise to me as it did to other reviewers here- the whole film had a Jagged Edge feel to it, plus it answered my 2 main questions throughout the film: 1) why would detective who knew he was a suspect put himself in the dodgy position of being caught shagging the beneficiary of a will, and 2) why did he go back to her all lovey-dovey straight after telling Frank he was convinced she was the killer? At the time I thought it was poor plotting/characterisation, but then I gradually cottoned on to it being a deliberate ploy. Poor Angeline eh.
My only eyeroll was the opening shower scene; strange how we got to see Maggie O'Neill full frontal naked but never Liam Neeson- it's almost as if he had more say in the matter.
Best acting of all was Kenneth Cranham as Frank- he can always make cliched lines seem fresh and believable..