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This true-crime story is way above the average for this kind of thing

posted 17 years ago by J. Spurlin
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Jeff Fahey is brilliant as the congenital liar who lives life on the edge as a political lobbyist and the husband of two wives (Kim Catrall and DeLane Matthews) who don't know of each other's existence. The clever script, which William H. Macy worked on, starts as a light comedy (like Captain's Paradise with Alec Guinness) but ends jet-black. Incredibly, this is based on Karen Kingsbury's true-crime book, "Deadly Pretender: The Double of David Miller." Way, way above the standard for this kind of thing, but it got no Emmy nominations and has a low IMDb rating.

What do you think of this TV movie?

... Justin

[–] Cablebot3000 9 years ago

This post is major old, but I really liked it, and agree it's an above average movie. Really well made and thought provoking.

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[–] db20db (17753) 3 years ago

The OP nailed it perfectly with this assessment. I almost turned it off because of the lighthearted, comedic note on which it began and his post made me reconsider my first impression. I'm glad I did. It definitely ran the gamut to eventually being, "jet-black."