Undescribable Perfection

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Better Late Then Never

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is a good movie. I originally watched this on my Ipad in bed hoping it would put me to sleep. I kept thinking I would shut it down at some point but realized I had to see the end. Basically, you have a hard working cop married to a so so looking wife. This man just needs a decent meal, but his wife has zero cooking skills. He sends her to cooking class and she still can't serve a meal a man can eat. Some would say he over reacts, but this guy fells the need for a "beat down" to get his point across. The man just wants a "side dish" for god sakes! Anyway, I must say that this chick gets a little better looking as the movie goes on, I'm not sure why and it was a little distracting. So she meets this cute guy at cooking class and her husband smells something dirty going on ..but this guy she meets could grant her the freedom she's been looking for.

It appals me (having worked as a rewrite man at MGM back in the 60's) how some of today's films ever get produced. Poor scripts seem to be the rule, plus in the case of this disaster, poor direction, an unattractive and inept cast, and pacing that rivals a snail's pace. Dear Gussie, is it any wonder that many of us over-50's are staying home and reading a book instead of wasting time watching trashy contemporary attempts at film. There's only one blessing in this film: there are no special effects.

Standard B-movie fare. But strangely watchable. Caroline Goodall is kinda babe-like.....and the plot has a decent enough twist. Gotta wonder, is Goodall the sister of Jane Goodall of chimpanzee research fame? Looks similar. But her sister picked chimps better than Caroline picks men. 5/10. Just barely worth renting on video if you have seen everything else.

Predictable but fairly well-made battered wife movie. Mark Harmon has a nice touch of menace to his character. The beginning of the movie takes away all tension at the end by basically showing the results of the climatic scene. I liked Michael Beach as the cop. He just projected a very good-guy quality.