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Plot Summary
Slim
(Jennifer Lopez) meets her husband Mitch (Billy Campbell) in the Diner
where she works. He is a kind, caring person but a few years later Slim
discovers another side to her ‘loving’ husband when he starts to beat
her. At first Slim doesn’t know what to do.
She cannot believe that she is in this position. This is the type
of thing that happens to other women! She soon realises that she and her
young daughter are in danger and asks her old friends at the Diner to help
her run away…
Review
This drama/thriller has
elements of Sleeping With The Enemy. It starts off promising but the story
is too improbable and the characters too unbelievable that it doesn’t
work as a drama or a thriller. Both of the
main characters go through radical personality changes. First Mitch
changes overnight, from loving husband to possessive wife beater and later
in the movie Slim not only gets a name change but a new personality!
It’s not only the characters that are flawed but the story itself is so
silly in parts that there is just too much to forgive in this movie.
As a drama the issue of
domestic violence isn’t explored in any great depth and in the end the
film deteriorates into a mindless half-baked revenge action/thriller.
There are some good
“he’s-behind-you-moments” during the movie that will make you jump
and for the most part the movie will hold your interest.
With Jennifer Lopez as the main
character the movie will undoubtedly attract attention. To be fair it is
not the acting that lets this movie down and I’d say there are bigger
and better performances to come from J-Lo.
The
Bottom Line: Starts off
promising but has too many flaws to be believable. It would make a good TV
movie but is only worth a trip to the cinema if you have nothing better to
do.
Reviewed by Niall
Quinn, Premier Movie
Reviews 2002 |