The story of the Novack murders was unknown to me until I saw this movie. What they did was to turn this awful tragedy to a bad comedy pretty close to "War of the Roses" but in contrast to "Beautiful and twisted" that one was actually funny. I think almost everything went wrong in this production including bad acting, bad manuscript, confusing time jumps, confusing personality changes, lack of action, lack of drama, lack of humor and lack of energy. The movie begins in a humorous mode so I thought it was a dark comedy, but that's an absurd thought considering the tragic evens the plot is based on. I haven't seen Rob Lowe in too many movies but I didn't know he was that bad actor. Also, in real life Narcy's daughter May has two sons. They were not mentioned at all in the movie. Instead May was portrayed as a good little fairy with no agenda at all in life than serving her stepfather and his business as well as possible. How someone can produce a so unprofessional piece of work 2015 is beyond comprehension.

This is based upon a true story.Ben Novak Jr (Rob Lowe) inherited the famous Fountainebleau Hotel in Florida. He married Narcy (Paz Vega), a stripper and pole dancer and she has a daughter,/ May (Seychelle Gabriel). Later Narcy accuses Ben of being unfaithful. Let the games begin. In the beginning we see that Ben is dead, but he narrates the story anyway. They can do this in Hollywood. The narration is almost tongue-in-cheek and Ben holds no animosity toward Narcy, who becomes the center of a police investigation and he actually, kind of, blames himself as he believes he and Narcy were similar. When he is first attacked he doesn't want to file formal charges against Narcy because the publicity would harm his business.Also in the beginning we will see some kinky sex stuff as young Ben is exposed to the Stripper world. It doesn't last long and after that there is no more, but it is shown to show Ben's upbringing in this arena and perhaps accumulating his taste for kinky sex. Candace Bergan plays Ben's mother Bernice and does a credible job, but the scene where she dances (awkwardly) with a expensive sable wrap was wholly out of place and embarrassing to watch. Thankfully that scene doesn't last long. Because Narcy knows that Ben's Will gives everything to Bernice, Narcy has some work for her brothers. Later when Ben wants to legally adopt May, Narcy knows there is more work to be done. Hard to believe there are people like Narcy out there, but there are. See the statements at the end of the movie to find out what happened to everyone. (5/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity: Yes, briefly in the beginning. Language: No.

A horrific film with one solid performance. That of Candice Bergen. Unfortunately she is only in half of the film. Story, to this viewer, is not entertainment but exposing crime at it's worse. I have a deep concern that people are rewarded with substantial pay checks for writing this trite and making murder a sensation. Who knows who are watching this and getting ideas of their own. It is time to stop these sensation films and get back to entertaining the public.Rob Lowe and Paz Vega (who is she?) are not interesting at all. He walks around with no expression and she swivels her hips and walks like a whore throughout the film. No expression on their faces, we are forced to watch these dull actors go through their paces. As I said, Candice Bergen is the saving grace. She gives a wonderful tongue in cheek performance. The scene with her dancing with her fur coat is hysterical. Dancing to her death you might say.When our killer whore gets her up-pence I am not satisfied. I wanted her to get what she gave. A good beating to a pulp. But she just sashays to her demise.There are several writers which explains the boring script. Teena Booth, Julie Brown, Stephen Ray and Inon and Natalie Shampanier. Who knows who wrote what and how they all managed to present this loser. I feel the director, Chris Zalla, did what he could to save this mess. But if he had better actors in the leads with more pizazz it might have worked. Even though I hated the story and feel it is not necessary to exploit murders and such. It gives people ideas, folks.

This film is far from beautiful and I would agree with rather bent or twisted.It's another opportunity for Rob Lowe to play in a lunatic like film. He is brought up in extraordinary wealth and largely ignored by his jet-setting parents. By later in the film, the mother, ably played by a very aged Candice Bergen admits that her marriage to the wealthy magnate was far from a bargain.The murder scenes are gruesome to say the least as Ben (Lowe) gets the idiot of the year award for putting up with his dazzling but beautiful wife and her escapades of violent behavior directed at him and his mother.Neurotically sick best describes this film and it doesn't exactly show the Florida police as being savvy in the beginning to figure out what is going on here.