Stephanie Peterson is a bestselling mystery writer of books like "The Crazy Woman" and "The Tipsy Alchemist." Her creative impulse is engaged when she role-plays her characters. But in a lapse of good judgment, Stephanie decides to impersonate "Vanessa," the crazy lady from her first bestseller, who was a murderer who dated younger men.
At a moment when Stephanie is separated from her husband Kevin, she introduces herself to young Brady as "Vanessa." The couple then proceed to spend a night at the Lorenzo Hotel with fateful consequences. Kevin decides he wants to make the marriage work, and Stephanie breaks off the relationship with Brady. But the young man begins to stalk and torment Stephanie and her entire family.
The actions of Brady stretched credibility to the breaking point. It was not clear how he could be permitted on a school campus after being expelled. His budding relationship with Stephanie's daughter Anna also seemed implausible. While there was some clear chemistry between Brady and Stephanie, there was none between Brady and Anna. In fact, the best scene in the film was the initial, steamy encounter between Brady and Stephanie.
The filmmakers made use of some good location footage, especially the scenes shot on a bridgeway. There was effective symmetry with the film's early scene with Stephanie and Brady kissing on the bridge and the grand finale that returns to the same scene with Brady holding Anna hostage on the bridge.
By the end of the ordeal, Stephanie produces her latest blockbuster entitled "Young Passion." As a writer, Stephanie works under the creed that "art imitates life." But for this book, she was pushing the envelope in her quest for creative ideas out of real experience.
At a moment when Stephanie is separated from her husband Kevin, she introduces herself to young Brady as "Vanessa." The couple then proceed to spend a night at the Lorenzo Hotel with fateful consequences. Kevin decides he wants to make the marriage work, and Stephanie breaks off the relationship with Brady. But the young man begins to stalk and torment Stephanie and her entire family.
The actions of Brady stretched credibility to the breaking point. It was not clear how he could be permitted on a school campus after being expelled. His budding relationship with Stephanie's daughter Anna also seemed implausible. While there was some clear chemistry between Brady and Stephanie, there was none between Brady and Anna. In fact, the best scene in the film was the initial, steamy encounter between Brady and Stephanie.
The filmmakers made use of some good location footage, especially the scenes shot on a bridgeway. There was effective symmetry with the film's early scene with Stephanie and Brady kissing on the bridge and the grand finale that returns to the same scene with Brady holding Anna hostage on the bridge.
By the end of the ordeal, Stephanie produces her latest blockbuster entitled "Young Passion." As a writer, Stephanie works under the creed that "art imitates life." But for this book, she was pushing the envelope in her quest for creative ideas out of real experience.