Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | December 08, 2003 | | Summary | Putrid | Content
 | Use disc as a coaster. Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves. This is one of the worst films ever made...And not in a good way. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 18, 2001 | | Summary | The real mystery - how a great storyline died! | Content
| Like so many films these days you sit through the first third or even two thirds and your'e absolutely gripped only to be let down by a banal, predictable ending. This movie starts off brilliantly and keeps up the pace and tension for up to two thirds of the film. In fact, I have seen so many films lately that lose the plot after half an hour, Consenting Adults, can be recommended on this alone! Back to the film. Suddenly two thirds of the way through a superb film is butchered. A tense, emotional drama is replaced but a non-sensical murder mystery. The two questions that kept coming into my head after Kline is framed for Murder. Does the criminal justice system in America really let a man who is about to stand trial for a brutal murder out on bail? Do they then let him wander, unsupervised, wherever he pleases? My final film summary first two thirds of the movie - excellent last third - don't even bother to play. Stop the tape and return it to the video shop. If you don't you'll just be bitter, let down and very, very dissapointed! |
| Rating | | | Date | January 24, 2001 | | Summary | Runs Out of Steam and Logic | Content
| This movie started out great the way it established the growing friendship between two very different couples and then moved into a murder mystery. The acting was first-rate (with the exception of Rebecca Miller -- can we say boring?) but then the plot defied logic. For example: Kevin Kline's character doesn't realize that he is not having sex with the neighbor's wife but with a "stand-in"? When Kevin Spacey's character confirms his wife's death in Savannah with the police, the police do not think to ask: "Hey, didn't you already report her death a few months ago?" Further, it is completely unrealistic that a shattered Kevin Kline's wife would have so immediately taken up with Kevin Spacey. By the time the film ended, it felt like a comedy, it was so ridiculous! |
| Rating | | | Date | December 17, 1999 | | Summary | Not a bad idea but tailed off towards the end | Content
| I have to say about this film that although it's not the kind of film I really rate, it had a couple of startling moments with the initial set-up etc. I liked the idea up to a point but then by the end it was just like 'oh just finish this up in the usual way' with a totally run-of-the-mill climax. The film seemed to just run out of steam as time went on. That's the problem with a lot of thrillers is that it's hard for the ending to live up to the pace of what precedes it. A shame, but nevertheless the film had unintentional comic worth in that last showdown between Kline and Spacey(I challenge anyone to keep a straight face where Spacey egotistically challenges Kline 'Come on. COME TO PAPA!') |
| Rating | | | Date | August 20, 1999 | | Summary | 5 STARS FOR KEVIN SPACEY: ACTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE | Content
| I think this could have been a better movie with a deeper plot but what does keep it moving is... Kevin Spacey. He is such a fabulous, fabulous actor!! Kevin Kline - though usually so good, is unfortunately SOOO bland in this movie. Very poor acting on his part.It was really disgusting. Kevin Spacey is the only class act in this movie and makes it worth watching. |
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