This is a good movie in the sense that it has a pace that often keeps the viewer fascinated. It has its own moments and the director has been able to deliver a pulse pounding tale.
6 Reviews
I had a great time watching it!
shekhar-224 February 1999
Stayed with me so long, I just bought it off of Half.com
janeeyrez14 December 2004
I've come to the conclusion that movies either grab you or they don't and oftentimes it's because of experiences you've had in your own life. I was an unwed mother at one point in my life, so I have great affection for the idea of some wonderful man coming along to love you even though you're big as a house.
This movie used to air on Lifetime all the time... and then it vanished. I waited for years for it to show up somewhere so I could tape it, but it just never did. So this year when I thought about it, I located it on Half.com and bought it for about $7, S&H included. I watched it with a friend, we both enjoyed it. What more can you ask of a movie? Yes, I know that it won't grab most viewers, but since it keys into one of my personal unfulfilled longings, works for me!
This movie used to air on Lifetime all the time... and then it vanished. I waited for years for it to show up somewhere so I could tape it, but it just never did. So this year when I thought about it, I located it on Half.com and bought it for about $7, S&H included. I watched it with a friend, we both enjoyed it. What more can you ask of a movie? Yes, I know that it won't grab most viewers, but since it keys into one of my personal unfulfilled longings, works for me!
Not the worst movie ever... probably...
przgzr6 May 2007
Warning: Spoilers
Jimmy Smits, Rhea Pearlman, and Judith Light, why not? It seemed to be so promising.
It's hard to describe my disappointment.
When you know who the killer is, why is he doing it, what is he planning to do next... what's the point in watching it? Bad guy won't become good, good guys will stay good, no secret will appear throughout a movie, and all you can hope for is another cliché as soon as the former one's over.
I'll write some S P O I L E R S - if there can be any spoilers about the movie where 80 percent is revealed from the start and the rest can be guessed by each person who isn't breastfed anymore..
There's not a single scene of any importance to the story that you don't see it coming in advance. A woman is pregnant... she has to deliver a baby when she is in lonely house in the county (where else?), during a storm (storms are better labour inducers than any medications). A doctor that no one knows is expected to come; knock-knock, do I have to tell you who enters? There is a boy (as almost always is) who saw a murder (as they always do) and when he recognizes the murderer (as they unmistakably do) no one believes him (why do they try at all? Oh, they are still young and haven't seen all those movies...). The killer knows where the movie heroes live, but whenever he visits them they are not at home (certainly, otherwise we would lose them too early) - yet, to satisfy his (and authors) killing impulse, there is always someone available to be killed instead. And the good young detective, the only one who believes our hero, won't only give her hand to save her, but will ask for her hand before closing credits (after knowing her for about a week).
And I must admit there is something good to say about the movie. It has some humour, enough to prevent giving up. If the author were realistic regarding to quality of the story, they should have multiplied the jokes and we could forgive the rest. With (very much) effort it could look like Mel Broks comedies. But, as this funny quotes don't come regularly and bounce far above the level of the movie, I got a feeling that maybe the actors added them to the script during shooting. Even if so, we must thank the authors for not cutting them away from the final version.
The best one: after helping her during delivery Smits tells Light: "Next time will have sex first, and then the baby."
If you think that's enough to watch the whole movie... it's your choice, and I won't feel responsible, you have been warned.
It's hard to describe my disappointment.
When you know who the killer is, why is he doing it, what is he planning to do next... what's the point in watching it? Bad guy won't become good, good guys will stay good, no secret will appear throughout a movie, and all you can hope for is another cliché as soon as the former one's over.
I'll write some S P O I L E R S - if there can be any spoilers about the movie where 80 percent is revealed from the start and the rest can be guessed by each person who isn't breastfed anymore..
There's not a single scene of any importance to the story that you don't see it coming in advance. A woman is pregnant... she has to deliver a baby when she is in lonely house in the county (where else?), during a storm (storms are better labour inducers than any medications). A doctor that no one knows is expected to come; knock-knock, do I have to tell you who enters? There is a boy (as almost always is) who saw a murder (as they always do) and when he recognizes the murderer (as they unmistakably do) no one believes him (why do they try at all? Oh, they are still young and haven't seen all those movies...). The killer knows where the movie heroes live, but whenever he visits them they are not at home (certainly, otherwise we would lose them too early) - yet, to satisfy his (and authors) killing impulse, there is always someone available to be killed instead. And the good young detective, the only one who believes our hero, won't only give her hand to save her, but will ask for her hand before closing credits (after knowing her for about a week).
And I must admit there is something good to say about the movie. It has some humour, enough to prevent giving up. If the author were realistic regarding to quality of the story, they should have multiplied the jokes and we could forgive the rest. With (very much) effort it could look like Mel Broks comedies. But, as this funny quotes don't come regularly and bounce far above the level of the movie, I got a feeling that maybe the actors added them to the script during shooting. Even if so, we must thank the authors for not cutting them away from the final version.
The best one: after helping her during delivery Smits tells Light: "Next time will have sex first, and then the baby."
If you think that's enough to watch the whole movie... it's your choice, and I won't feel responsible, you have been warned.
Good Premise---but Oh that awful dialogue!
there4iam2 August 2001
Decent suspenseful story, although it has been done before, that was ruined when the action stopped. Most of the person to person dialogue had absolutely nothing to do with the story and was pure filler. Jimmy Smits looked almost embarrassed to be there. Would only recommend during a blizzard when nothing else is on.
Loved this movie from so many years ago
disneyed21 October 2019
I was happy to find I could buy a DVD because I loved this movie back when it aired, It comes off as a made for TV movie. Not extremely polished or the best dialogue. But the drama of the movie was there, it was tense and there was good chemistry between Jimmy Smits and Judith Light. If I saw it for the first time today I might rate it lower but there is a nostalgia involved for me.
My Wife Might Be A Liar
The-Strid16 May 2024
I've been married to her for 20 years now, and she just now, casually informs me that she thinks her feet might be in a movie, but she's not sure. I ask her if its a Quentin Tarantino movie, because if it is, her feet are definitely in the movie. She says its not a Tarantino movie, but it had that lady from "Who's the Boss". She is quite fuzzy on the details and doesn't even know the name of the movie; other than it was made for tv. So we look up Who's the Boss, and its Judith Light that my wife was referring to. After playing 20 questions, my wife reveals that she had been downtown Seattle outside of the Frederick & Nelson department store and she was asked if she wanted to wait to cross through the movie shoot during filming; and so she waited and got to walk past Judith, who smiled at her, while cameras rolled. She thought this was in 1987 and sure enough THIS movie is made for TV, starring Judith Light, in Seattle, with a street scene outside of Fredrick & Nelson in 1987.
However!
During the "alleged" scene, my wife is nowhere to be found. Not one single foot, pant leg, nothing. (She said the cameras were angled down as if filming the feet.) So I have no other choice but to assume her feet too ugly to be in this movie; OR SHE IS A LYING LIAR WHO LIES.
She is cracking up right now.
However!
During the "alleged" scene, my wife is nowhere to be found. Not one single foot, pant leg, nothing. (She said the cameras were angled down as if filming the feet.) So I have no other choice but to assume her feet too ugly to be in this movie; OR SHE IS A LYING LIAR WHO LIES.
She is cracking up right now.
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