Everything about this movie is smart, the cast, the story, the witty dialog. The IMDb rating is woefully low for this fine, entertaining comedy.
Set over one night in about 10 different bars in the L.A. area, in the opening scene Carla Gugino as Francine Driver walks into a bar and sits at the table of Zachary Quinto ('Spock' in the new Star Trek movie) as Nick. He nervously tries to shoo her away, it is apparent he is anxious and waiting for someone. It turns out he is waiting for her, but he didn't expect it to be her. He is a mild-mannered dentist, who has decided he wants his wife whacked, and he has hired her to do the job for $20,000.
The problem is Driver is a detective working undercover to nab him, and that provides the springboard for the rest of the movie.
The almost 90-minute movie is a series of vignettes, each in a different bar, with a different set of characters. But the common thread is Francine Driver, and in the end we see connections that we had little reason to suspect.
For a small movie it has an all-star cast. Not only is Carla Gugino lovely, she is also a great actress and her role carries the whole movie. But it also stars such diverse accomplished actors as Gil Bellows, who is Driver's ex-husband, Alexis Bledel, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Josh Hartnett as the detective working with Driver.
One of the better movies I have seen in a while, on Netflix streaming movies.
Set over one night in about 10 different bars in the L.A. area, in the opening scene Carla Gugino as Francine Driver walks into a bar and sits at the table of Zachary Quinto ('Spock' in the new Star Trek movie) as Nick. He nervously tries to shoo her away, it is apparent he is anxious and waiting for someone. It turns out he is waiting for her, but he didn't expect it to be her. He is a mild-mannered dentist, who has decided he wants his wife whacked, and he has hired her to do the job for $20,000.
The problem is Driver is a detective working undercover to nab him, and that provides the springboard for the rest of the movie.
The almost 90-minute movie is a series of vignettes, each in a different bar, with a different set of characters. But the common thread is Francine Driver, and in the end we see connections that we had little reason to suspect.
For a small movie it has an all-star cast. Not only is Carla Gugino lovely, she is also a great actress and her role carries the whole movie. But it also stars such diverse accomplished actors as Gil Bellows, who is Driver's ex-husband, Alexis Bledel, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rosario Dawson, Danny DeVito, Robert Forster, Josh Hartnett as the detective working with Driver.
One of the better movies I have seen in a while, on Netflix streaming movies.