Built around a fearless performance by the protean Robert Downey Jr., this deliberately provocative story of deception and sexuality packs a punch that's undermined by the director's indulgence. Downey is all too well cast as Blake Allen, an
egotistical actor whose one true love is his ailing mother, whom we never see. Instead, we meet the two women he's seduced with his magnanimous spirit and his "I'm a struggling artist who happens to have inherited the most spacious loft in Soho" shtick. Carla (Heather Graham) and Lou (Natasha
Gregson Wagner) meet in front of Blake's building and discover that the perfect boyfriend they're both hoping to surprise as he returns f...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins