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bnw wrote:

The det. sgt. is a pig. I hope his wife offs him for the insurance money. Every female in the movie were interesting while the men merely occupied space. Nowhere near my favorite OZ movie.

Did you watch all of it? He evolves.

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bnw wrote:

Sure he’s not having an affair he’s just having multiple one night stands with the same woman. If by evolving you mean he thinks he might be having a heart attack while f-ing around well no sympathy here.

Well I watched it on dvd which included the ‘special features’ bonus material, and the actor who played the detective talked about how he
had “been there” in the mental state of the character. I think he was talking about the scene where…

(spoiler)
…he reveals he has felt ‘numb’ for a long time. He couldnt feel much
of anything in his relationship or elsewhere. Hence the affair.
But then, in the end, when is honest with his wife and when he listens to the recording of his wife’s session with the shrink….the damn bursts. Ya know.

I thought all the characters were believable, and had layers.

My favorite thing about the movie was what one of the producers said about it in the bonus section — he said when ya watch it, you cant predict where its going or whats gonna happen. He noted thats a rare thing with movies. I agreed with him.

My favorite scene, btw, was a short quiet scene where
the detective tells the affair-lady that he is totally in love
with his wife — i thought the affair-lady’s reaction was
dead perfect. Beautiful acting, i thought. My mouth dropped open
at the talent she showed in that one little scene.

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• This reply was modified 8 years ago by wv.