7/114/18. Given that I watched this 27 years after it came out, and still found it good to watch says something about the writing and the acting. A good suspense thriller that reveals tidbits like the way you peel an onion, though not as tearful an experience. Hawn marries a man she eventually realizes, upon his "death" is not who she thought he was. Applying for social security benefits and finding she had no death benefits is the first clue to investigate what's going. Amateur sleuthing on Hawn's part reveals a whole lot, leaving her in danger. Worth catching.

This movie is a mystery with plenty of twists, but the real star is Goldie Hawn's performance. I find it hard to believe that she has not done more of this type of movie.The major problem I had with this movie was the big fat plot holes, namely how you get a car to flip with a dead guy driving or how a guy that works in town gets away with a second family, or if he was Daniel, then who was fencing the rare Egyptian jewelry, or why didn't she fall down the hole too? Too many leaps of faith are expected of the audience and exactly why I did not rate this movie higher. I did, however, enjoy the "New York" ambiance, the sets and the wardrobe (which was not too embarrassing from the early 90's). Goldie could try another hairstyle though, really, it was a little distracting remembering that it has not changed since her Sock It To Me days. All in all, it was fun to watch and it does jump your heart a few times, just as a good thriller should. Definitely worth watching for Goldie's performance alone.

It isn't so bothersome that Goldie Hawn's husband is double-crossing her. It's that he's triple-crossing her.Hawn and Heard are evidently a happily married couple with two kids. But after all these years, some evidence comes to light that Heard may be lying to her about his activities. Someone claims to have seen Heard in the Chesterfield Hotel in New York, their home city, when in fact Heard was supposed to be attending a business meeting in Boston. A few other hints support the contention that he was lying.But why? Hawn wonders if he's been having an affair. What wife wouldn't? She snoops through Heard's drawers and the pockets of his older suits, as wives will, and digs up more suspicious evidence.She begins to back Heard into a corner. He's indignant, unbelieving, but something definitely seems wrong. Then he appears to be atomized in a car accident that ends in one of those fiery explosions that all car accidents end with. Is Heard really dead? I leave the answer to you, the experienced viewer, the informed consumer of these unimaginative mysteries with a threatened woman in the center of it. I myself am one of those consumers and I knew immediately that Heard hadn't died. I was right, as usual.I kind of enjoyed Heard's sliminess. That charming smile, that oleaginous demeanor. Smooth and comfortable -- even when Hawn discovers that he's not only assumed a dead man's identity, deserted his parents, kidnapped his own child, and committed bigamy -- he's the kind of guy who once had an awkward moment just to see what it felt like.But this is merely a variation on a familiar theme -- the woman betrayed. Usually the husband is the betrayer, sometimes an old boyfriend. The villain ordinarily beats up the wife, is unfaithful to her, stalks her, makes threatening phone calls and so forth, and the wife has difficulty convincing anyone else that the danger is anywhere but in her own mind.Given that this is a pretty base formula, I still got a kick out of watching her unravel this complicated mystery of her husband's identity. I prefer them a little more thoughtful, something like "The Day Of The Jackal." Well, that's not about the identity of a husband but of an international assassin, but it's more plausible. When you come right down to it, it's hard to believe that a woman could live for so many years with a fraud and then have the mix-up revealed in a few days.

It never completely gets you involved. Oh, it does start out on a suspenseful note. The idea is very clever- a successful, attractive New York woman meets the man who seems to be Mr. Right (a successful artifact dealer), and their marriage is everything she hoped it would be, until he suddenly and mysteriously dies. But when she looks into his background, she finds that what she knew about him turns out to be false, and he may have been involved in criminal activity. Also, the music and visual style set the right mood. And Goldie Hawn, not known for film roles like this, gives a respectable performance. But as the film moves along, it becomes increasingly confusing and unbelievable, finally reaching a ridiculous ending. In fact, the closing scene is so confusing, it's hard to tell where it takes place. It looks like someone with a great deal of talent but a short attention span got bored with the film and rushed it to an ending because he was sick of it. Too bad, because it had great promise.