An Almodovar-lite tale of modern misunderstandings and offbeat family values, based on a larky mystery novel by Barbara Wilson and directed by Susan Seidelman, who seems to have lost any feel she ever had for tone and performance. The offbeat cast and gorgeous Barcelona locations can't quite make up for the thinness of the mystery and forced quirkiness of the characters and their tangled relationships. Rootless American Cassandra Reilly (Judy Davis) finances her globe-trotting ways translating books, and is hard at work on a particularly tacky magic-realist novel when she gets a visit from mysterious femme fatale Frankie Stevens (Marcia Gay Harden). Frankie says she ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
88 mins