An average movie

I have always been interested in Nick Cassavetes’ work so I was quite eager to check this flick. At the time, it was his first mainstream feature  and it was starring Denzel Washington which made the whole thing even more intriguing. Eventually, there was definitely something interesting about this plot which was really timely and topical and Denzel Washington gave as usual a very solid performance. There was also a decent cast (Laura Harring, Anne Heche, James Woods, Eddie Griffin, Robert Duvall, Ray Liotta) but, unfortunately, I wasn’t really convinced by the whole thing. Indeed, I thought it was terribly manipulative and the ending which was really over-the-top was rather stupid and borderline offensive. The point is that, most of the film was actually quite plausible and something similar could happen for real but, with the ending, it became really preposterous which was rather underwhelming. Eventually, 2 years later, Nick Cassavetes would come up with ‘The Notebook’ which is so far his most successful movie (apparently, Cassavetes considers in fact ‘The Notebook’ to be his worst directing effort which is rather surprising). To conclude, in spite of its flaws, it remains an intriguing drama and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Nick Cassavetes’ work.

6/10