The film is based on three premises which do not allow for a "willing suspension of disbelief." Touted as the "Memento" of 2003, it doesn't come near. Nevertheless, it's amusing--if amusing is appropriately applied to a noir film--amusing enough to enjoy if you suppress your expectations.
Here are the three fatal flaws: Warning, spoilers: 1.In a restaurant full of possible choices there's no way that the Portuguese actor might be predictably chosen for the bride-to-be's last kiss of her single life. And if he wasn't, Bareterlby's plan collapses.
2. Since Carmen actually married the rich Bartelby, she could have sued this him he was worth in a divorce action, causing B's clever but ill-conceived plan to boomerang.
3.Bartelby obtains by fraud Carmen's signature consent on a contract to release the film by presenting the document as just another bureaucratic document required for their marriage, a fraud he later admits on film. Seems likely that the contract she signed would be voided in a lawsuit.
Here are the three fatal flaws: Warning, spoilers: 1.In a restaurant full of possible choices there's no way that the Portuguese actor might be predictably chosen for the bride-to-be's last kiss of her single life. And if he wasn't, Bareterlby's plan collapses.
2. Since Carmen actually married the rich Bartelby, she could have sued this him he was worth in a divorce action, causing B's clever but ill-conceived plan to boomerang.
3.Bartelby obtains by fraud Carmen's signature consent on a contract to release the film by presenting the document as just another bureaucratic document required for their marriage, a fraud he later admits on film. Seems likely that the contract she signed would be voided in a lawsuit.