In CRIMES, poor Martin Landau falls into the clutches of a determined & hangry mistress (Anjelica Huston), who threatens to blow the whistle to his family, and also to report a financial indiscretion he committed, if he does not dump his family for her. In LOVING ADULTS, our protagonist, Christian (also a well-to-do professional) is in a similar bind: his pretty mistress, Xenia, also wants to wrench him away from his family, and she, too has knowledge of an indiscretion he has committed. The difference between the 2 plots? Christian is wacky about his mistress; Martin Landau is fed up with his & seeks desperate means to end his problem.
As we discover early in the film, Christian is not so squeamish about ending his 'female' problem, but he chooses a course contrary to Landau's: he decides his pretty & talented (but aging wife) must go. As the story unfolds, as narrated by a local detective, we wait to see if the police can catch the guilty man. CRIMES ended with a very sardonic outcome, free of guilt and discovery. I can't tell you if that happens here, since I am only 40 minutes in, but I think I am going to like it. Oh: A couple of sensual scenes might need fast-forwarding.
As we discover early in the film, Christian is not so squeamish about ending his 'female' problem, but he chooses a course contrary to Landau's: he decides his pretty & talented (but aging wife) must go. As the story unfolds, as narrated by a local detective, we wait to see if the police can catch the guilty man. CRIMES ended with a very sardonic outcome, free of guilt and discovery. I can't tell you if that happens here, since I am only 40 minutes in, but I think I am going to like it. Oh: A couple of sensual scenes might need fast-forwarding.