It happens with too many movies -- an interesting premise falls apart because a poor script cannot hold its weight.
A grieving mother, Darlene Hagen, who has mourned her missing daughter for 20 years is visited one snowy and thundering night by her brother-in-law, Jack Kingsley, who confesses to killing her daughter.
What ensues is a reasonably well-acted disaster. When Jack asks Darlene if she would like to see her daughter French book (which he kept from the day he killed the 16 year old girl), Darlene says yes. Jack goes to his car. It's Darlene's chance to lock him out of the house, but the inept script dictates that she does not do this.
Turns out Jack has brought a gun for his protection.
Jack and Darlene struggle several times through the movie, the gun changes hands, Darlene opts to tie up Jack in a few locations in her home, rather than simply shooting him and incapacitating him. It's amazing how many ligatures Darlene has just lying around.
Janeane Garofalo appears in the film and is horribly under-utilized.
How does a film like this get green lit? I don't want to berate the actors or even the writer, director, producer by asking that question. The whole thing is just so weak and filled with holes, the talented actors can only bolster it so much. Ultimately, this weak and, under cooked script takes them down with the ship.
A grieving mother, Darlene Hagen, who has mourned her missing daughter for 20 years is visited one snowy and thundering night by her brother-in-law, Jack Kingsley, who confesses to killing her daughter.
What ensues is a reasonably well-acted disaster. When Jack asks Darlene if she would like to see her daughter French book (which he kept from the day he killed the 16 year old girl), Darlene says yes. Jack goes to his car. It's Darlene's chance to lock him out of the house, but the inept script dictates that she does not do this.
Turns out Jack has brought a gun for his protection.
Jack and Darlene struggle several times through the movie, the gun changes hands, Darlene opts to tie up Jack in a few locations in her home, rather than simply shooting him and incapacitating him. It's amazing how many ligatures Darlene has just lying around.
Janeane Garofalo appears in the film and is horribly under-utilized.
How does a film like this get green lit? I don't want to berate the actors or even the writer, director, producer by asking that question. The whole thing is just so weak and filled with holes, the talented actors can only bolster it so much. Ultimately, this weak and, under cooked script takes them down with the ship.