Basically, don't interact with your neighbors - they are only out to get you...
Consenting Adults - stars Kevin Kline, Kevin Spacey, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Rebecca Miller. Star studded cast, not so stellar movie. Interesting side note that I did not know - Rebecca Miller is Arthur Miller's daughter and married to Daniel Day-Lewis! Just a little bit of trivia.
Eddy (Kevin Spacey) and Kay (Rebecca Miller) move in next door to Richard (Kevin Kline) and Priscilla (Mary E Mastrantonio). The couples become fast friends, sharing evenings together and eventually going away on mini vacations. Eddy finds out from Richard the couple's financial situation - they are in debt. Eddy then stages an accident in order to scam the insurance company. Eventually, Richard discovers that Eddy's ploy has been to sleep with Priscilla and "allow" Richard to sleep with Kay. Richard rejects this proposition which causes a rift between the two men. After pleading by Priscilla, unaware of the reason for the rift, Richard relents, becomes friends again and says yes to the switcheroo. On the night of the switch, he sleeps with Kay passing a gleeful Eddy in the stairwell. In the morning, Richard feels remorse, only to discover that Kay has been killed. Richard is the prime suspect and in one fell swoop is arrested and loses his wife. He makes bail discovers that Priscilla is now shacking up with Eddy, Eddy had a $1.5 million life insurance policy on Kay, and that Kay is not in fact dead. The movie continues on its delightful spiral downward. Let’s just say you know someone isn’t going stay alive much longer and that either Eddy or Richard will end up dead (I’ll let you hazard a guess as to who will remain standing).
Um, can you say what the hell? The plot is interesting. The film, however, is not. I can only call it clumsy. The film drags, the set ups are obvious, and then in points the film moves swiftly causing the viewer to forget logic and basic human emotion. There is no basis for Priscilla to suddenly shack up with Eddy - yes, she's lonely and scared - she believes her husband committed murder (which in itself is a little shocking to me - she believes in him so little, that she would believe him capable of murder!?) but Eddy is the grieving widower. Shouldn't she be giving him space? Shouldn't he be upset or morose, and that fact that he is not, wouldn't that be a red flag? I don't know what I was expecting, not this mess. Kevin Spacey plays a delightfully nasty, crazy man but even he does not make this movie worth a rent - skip it. You'll thank me, I promise.
Eddy (Kevin Spacey) and Kay (Rebecca Miller) move in next door to Richard (Kevin Kline) and Priscilla (Mary E Mastrantonio). The couples become fast friends, sharing evenings together and eventually going away on mini vacations. Eddy finds out from Richard the couple's financial situation - they are in debt. Eddy then stages an accident in order to scam the insurance company. Eventually, Richard discovers that Eddy's ploy has been to sleep with Priscilla and "allow" Richard to sleep with Kay. Richard rejects this proposition which causes a rift between the two men. After pleading by Priscilla, unaware of the reason for the rift, Richard relents, becomes friends again and says yes to the switcheroo. On the night of the switch, he sleeps with Kay passing a gleeful Eddy in the stairwell. In the morning, Richard feels remorse, only to discover that Kay has been killed. Richard is the prime suspect and in one fell swoop is arrested and loses his wife. He makes bail discovers that Priscilla is now shacking up with Eddy, Eddy had a $1.5 million life insurance policy on Kay, and that Kay is not in fact dead. The movie continues on its delightful spiral downward. Let’s just say you know someone isn’t going stay alive much longer and that either Eddy or Richard will end up dead (I’ll let you hazard a guess as to who will remain standing).
Um, can you say what the hell? The plot is interesting. The film, however, is not. I can only call it clumsy. The film drags, the set ups are obvious, and then in points the film moves swiftly causing the viewer to forget logic and basic human emotion. There is no basis for Priscilla to suddenly shack up with Eddy - yes, she's lonely and scared - she believes her husband committed murder (which in itself is a little shocking to me - she believes in him so little, that she would believe him capable of murder!?) but Eddy is the grieving widower. Shouldn't she be giving him space? Shouldn't he be upset or morose, and that fact that he is not, wouldn't that be a red flag? I don't know what I was expecting, not this mess. Kevin Spacey plays a delightfully nasty, crazy man but even he does not make this movie worth a rent - skip it. You'll thank me, I promise.
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