stellbread
Yes, there is a dearth of originality in Hollywood, but I certainly didn't think it was THIS bad. If this was intended to be a black version of "Sleeping With the Enemy," and it appears it was, then the writer, director and actors failed miserably; in fact, the director should have kept his dignity intact and attached the Alan Smithee moniker to this monstrosity of a movie.
Some scenes from Sleeping are blatant ripoffs with perhaps a touch of role reversal. So this begs the question, "Do the people who produced this have ANY scruples?" Surely they saw Sleeping and noticed the string of copycat scenes--or are we the viewer to assume those ripoff takes are an eerie string of coincidences?
Moreover, there are plot holes galore and the few that the writer does try and fill only underscore the poor writing. In the end you hate all the characters for the lack of depth. There is so much predictability here that you might as well break out the Julia Roberts/Patrick Bergen original. Far more tension and superior acting.
carolsparks-43587
Although, the actors are beautiful and it is visually appealing, the entire script is an embarrassing copycat version of Sleeping with the Enemy, a little less believable. Sweet husband turns abusive, wife fakes death, leaves town, cute school teacher boyfriend next door, bakes pies, hubby visits sick parent in nursing home, hubby finds wife. They didn't even try to make it different. We need to resist these low grade movies Hollywood is cranking out. Pure laziness. Rip off.
nichelsearobinson
As I watched this movie I saw some really huge red flags that makes a movie great and want me to purchase the movie. This movie is missing a storyline. When you meet Madison and Michael married and in a happy relationship. You don't see the dynamic of the relationship. It quickly goes from Michael being this amazing girl, Chelsea warning Madison about Michael then Michael already hitting her. You do not get the chance to know and relate to Madison. Then she's pregnant, faked her own death to get away from Michael. Madison creates a new life, finds a new relationship.Michael finds out Madison fakes her death and then you know the rest.This felt like a college film maker making a movie for the first time. Transitions was bad. You are going from scene to scene. Some of the camera shots were off. Things were happening too soon without any explanation. You can pretty much know what is going to happen before it happens.If you have not seen Sleeping with the Enemy, starring Julia Roberts., I suggest watching that movie first and then you will see a resemblance this movie has to it except Sleeping with the Enemy is better. But my real honest opinion is don't waste your time with this movie.
subxerogravity
I have definitely scene better melodrama. I was expecting some thing better considering that it was released in theaters. So the first twenty minutes is dull. Real dull, almost makes me want to leave the theater. So like in the movie The Perfect Guy, Madison thought she found the perfect guy, but the fact that he does not want children is a contradiction to her wanting to be a mommy. So they start to argue, and he gets psychical with her, showing his true colors. She tries to deal with it for a little while, but then realizes it's not worth it and finds a way out. This is when the real action happens.The movie is fine for watching late at night on BET but I was expecting better from a major release in theaters. Something like No Good Deed or something. Maybe that was too high on the scale to expect this movie to be ( I mean, I can't expect anyone to be as good as the combo of Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson) Taye Diggs is good in it, as Alex, the guy Madison meets after running away from the perfect guy. Very charming. Not Charming enough to hold this together, however. I will say that every women in this film was really beautiful. Even in small roles as waitresses and Nurses, any women who had a line in the movie was smoking hot. That did catch my attention.Really cool that R&B Artist Marques Houston Wrote and produce this thing, but all and all it's still really generic. If you saw one on BET you saw them all, and that's the only place you should watch it.
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