By all indications, there were major problems in the marriage of James and Margot Fawcett. He was a philanderer, and she was a drinker. But after Margot shot her husband and then turned the gun on herself, the bodies were found by their young daughter Elle. She then makes it her life's mission to take revenge on the woman with whom her dad was having an affair, despite the fact that the woman was not even aware that James was married.
Set in the beautiful desert landscape of the American Southwest, "One Small Indiscretion" is the tawdry tale of Elle moving into the guest house of Sam and Caroline (Caro) Winters and their teenage son Logan. Once Elle is installed in the home, she works methodically to undermine the lives of each of the family members, sadistically setting them up for the kill in her revenge scheme.
As portrayed in the film, Elle was a talented young artist. She was also skilled in computer technology and surveillance methods. Her psychological sophistication was also superb, as she terminated her association with her psychiatrist, Dr. Sage, then used her gifts to get inside the minds of Caro, Sam, and Logan. The one sharp eye is that of the neighbor, Hannah, who sees through Elle's dastardly scheme. Yet Hannah is treated as a Cassandra and drops out of the film at the midpoint.
Several of Elle's diabolical acts were to plant turquoise panties in the trousers of Sam to be discovered by Caro while doing the laundry. She sets up poor Logan for the fall by sending a fake erotic video to his prom date to make his big night miserable. And she adroitly sabotages a key power point presentation of Caro at her place of work. Finally, she plots to bring the entire clan together for a shootout that will include taking the life of Sam's former secretary, Beth, with whom he had a brief dalliance.
It was sad to contemplate that a young woman with so much potential and so many talents could have gone so wrong in her estimation of the circumstances of her parents' deaths. Sam and Caro may have committed minor indiscretions. But the criminal mind of Elle leads only to her squandering her life. By the end of the dirty doings in the desert, it appears as though Elle will be permanently attached to her orange jump suit in a high security prison.
Set in the beautiful desert landscape of the American Southwest, "One Small Indiscretion" is the tawdry tale of Elle moving into the guest house of Sam and Caroline (Caro) Winters and their teenage son Logan. Once Elle is installed in the home, she works methodically to undermine the lives of each of the family members, sadistically setting them up for the kill in her revenge scheme.
As portrayed in the film, Elle was a talented young artist. She was also skilled in computer technology and surveillance methods. Her psychological sophistication was also superb, as she terminated her association with her psychiatrist, Dr. Sage, then used her gifts to get inside the minds of Caro, Sam, and Logan. The one sharp eye is that of the neighbor, Hannah, who sees through Elle's dastardly scheme. Yet Hannah is treated as a Cassandra and drops out of the film at the midpoint.
Several of Elle's diabolical acts were to plant turquoise panties in the trousers of Sam to be discovered by Caro while doing the laundry. She sets up poor Logan for the fall by sending a fake erotic video to his prom date to make his big night miserable. And she adroitly sabotages a key power point presentation of Caro at her place of work. Finally, she plots to bring the entire clan together for a shootout that will include taking the life of Sam's former secretary, Beth, with whom he had a brief dalliance.
It was sad to contemplate that a young woman with so much potential and so many talents could have gone so wrong in her estimation of the circumstances of her parents' deaths. Sam and Caro may have committed minor indiscretions. But the criminal mind of Elle leads only to her squandering her life. By the end of the dirty doings in the desert, it appears as though Elle will be permanently attached to her orange jump suit in a high security prison.