This murder mystery is glaringly unrealistic and full of movie cliches. It is like a bad Agatha Christie story. The most realistically depicted character is the detective's partner, but according to a bonus feature on the DVD he is a real police detective, so he had a sense of what would play real. Too bad they didn't listen to what he might have suggested. The production got mired down in trying to use upper class NYC characters to impress viewers. Big mistake!