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The building was very tall. The time it took to fall from it was very, very short. Goodbye Lover. Hello to the feverish scramble to latch onto the millions the victim left behind.Mystery combines with backstabbing humor and chic style melds with neo-noir attitude when Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields, The Mission) directs this glossy plunge into La-La-Land glitz and murder. Just follow the trail of a stiletto-heeled sexual adventuress (Patricia Arquette). Stay on the case with a wisecracking detective (Ellen DeGeneres). And keep your eyes on the rest of a gifted ensemble (including Don Johnson, Ray McKinnon, Dermot Mulroney and Mary-Louise Parker). Don’t miss a single devilish moment.
Editor's Note
Director Roland Joffé's neo-noir stars Patricia Arquette as Sandra Dunmore, a Los Angeles femme fatale who enjoys strolling around town singing tunes from THE SOUND OF MUSIC while coordinating real estate deals and listening to Tony Robbins inspirational tapes. She also takes pleasure in cheating on her husband, Jake (Dermot Mulroney), with his own brother, Ben (Don Johnson). Jake is a brilliant but drunk copywriter at an advertising agency where Ben is a clean-cut, high-powered executive. When a double indemnity insurance policy is taken out for Jake, Sandra begins to concoct a murderous and greedy plot. However, things get out of hand in this bizarre murder mystery, and soon Ben has left his lover for his mousy secretary (Mary-Louise Parker) while a pair of bumbling police officers is hot on Sandra's tail--wisecracking Rita Pompano (Ellen DeGeneres) and her naive, devout Mormon partner, Rollins (Ray McKinnon), are determined to get to the bottom of Sandra's devilish plans. The dry, cynical remarks of DeGeneres sparkle with rauchy wit and deadpan humor while Arquette shines in a kittenish performance that harkens back to the precocious divas of Hollywood's golden era.
Plot Summary
Director Roland Joffé helms this humorous crime thriller about a femme fatale who plans a nasty scheme involving her husband and his brother.
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