1/10
BASICally should have followed my INSTINCTs.....
31 March 2006
.....and stayed away. This movie was like a really, really, bad parody of itself. Where to begin? Sharon Stone. She looks "good" for her age.......the last three words are imperative to follow the first three. Never once did her highly BOTOX-ed brow move. She was angry? Nothing. She was smiling? Nada. And the sneer! Too much. Her constant monotone delivery did nothing to help the audience stay awake- and I noticed 3 movie goers dozing in my area within the first 45 minutes! David Morrissey wasn't much better. His weak, sniveling character was totally implausible for a shrink. (She WASN'T "all that"!!) Michael Douglas, he ain't! And speaking of Michael Douglas....they sure paid homage to the absent -but sorely needed actor: Shrink's name? Michael. Stone's name? Catherine. And the shrink was trying to earn the "Douglas" award. In a better script, with better actors, it could have allowed for some comic relief, but near the end of the movie when one character emits an overly-long anguished scream, I found myself, with the rest of the audience, wishing I could do the same aloud, instead of inwardly. Sharon, PLEASE, I beg of you, if they come around (which is doubtful) with BI-3, "Just say NO!" You're already too long in the tooth to play the original seductress. Everyone was laughing at you! Minus one star from me! This was an abominable waste of time and money. It's destined to be a 2 week (max) runner.....

PS It's now 4/22, and apparently I was right. It's not to be found anywhere around here!!
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