A Brilliant Disguise

A BRILLIANT DISGUISE is a patently absurd folie a deux film. In most erotic thrillers, the cinematography is the most lurid aspect of the film, but here the outrageous plot developments and a slew of performances of the "inmates have taken over the asylum" variety eclipse it entirely.

While out carousing with the guys, macho sportswriter Andy Minola (Anthony John Denison) falls for a wan-looking English sparrow named Michelle Ramsey (Lysette Anthony), whom he spots in a snooty French restaurant. Michelle, a promising painter, responds to his advances. But she also tells everything to her psychiatrist, David Martin (Corbin Bernsen), who's overseen every ...