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Starring: Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Jason Ritter
Directed by: John Polson
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Thriller
2002

Times Seen:
Tim: 1

Summary: Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford), a high school swimming star with everything going right for him, cheats on his girlfriend Amy (Shiri Appleby) with the mysterious new girl in town, Madison Bell (Erika Christiansen). When Ben rejects Madison, she becomes completely obsessed with him and begins her revenge by systematically ruining his life.

Review:

Tim: This movie had one intention--to scare the zippers shut of every potential cheating man in America. It achieves that goal to some extent, but is so full of plot holes that it sinks like the Titanic. The one moral message in this fiasco of film-making is to never, ever, EVER, under any circumstances, cheat on your girlfriend. Especially with someone whom you've recently met and has the potential to be a raging psycho.

Here is one of the film's most fundamental flaws: Why does Ben cheat on Amy? Amy is played by the wonderful actress Appleby (of the TV series Roswell) and is not only smart, funny, cute, but also isn't exactly a prude. He has absolutely no reason to cheat on her. At one point in the movie, Amy asks him directly, "Why?" He is unable to come up with an answer, as is the viewing audience. So Ben is not so much to blame as is the ridiculous plot.

This film has far too many flaws to be worth spending any money or time on. The only reason I rate slightly higher than usual is because this movie did scare me and even further strengthened my resolve to never cheat on my girlfriend-especially with a clearly demented and sick woman.

Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating: 5



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