Relying too heavily on a central ambiguity that throws her whole movie off-kilter, director Jamie Babbit's follow-up to BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER (1999) is an unconvincing and uninvolving psychological thriller about the ugly reality festering behind the pristine facade of a "respectable" upper-middle-class family. To all appearances, Nina Deer (Elisha Cuthbert) has the perfect life: She's a popular cheerleader; she lives in one of the nicest homes in her upscale Connecticut neighborhood; her architect father, Paul (Martin Donovan), is totally hot, and her interior-decorator mom, Olivia (Edie Falco), is a babe, at least according to Nina's best friend, Michelle (Katy Mix...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
96 mins