A stock Lifetime-style thriller which has the sort of plot that is well worn on the soaps but for some reason got the big studio treatment including two stars and a cinema release. I guess there was a "slot". Also the director was a top exec for many years. Christina Hodgson has written a number of excellent scripts; this one is more paint by numbers (though one never knows why scripts turn out the way they did).
Rosario Dawson looks bored at times playing the good new wife of some random guy. Katherine Heigl plays it up to eleven, full ham, as a camp villain - she's still the best thing about it, even if you can hear her munching on the scenery. She gives the piece some life. Good to see Cheryl Ladd have a role as her mum. Whitney Cummings pops up in the support cast.
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