Moderately twisty 80s movie is an easy watch, but it's a little bit hard to believe that in this posh community which has probably never had a murder, over the course of a few days:* rich loner's vile step-dad murdered * rich loner's vile step-dad's vile girlfriend murdered * rich loner's newlywed con-man husband murdered * rich loner's high school con-man boyfriend murderedall under suspicious circumstances without witnesses, and no one seems to suspect said rich loner. nor do they even mind or care or notice this murder streak. people just keep partying.i wish there was more suspense or peril or consequence. i thought she was going to be the cunning genius in the end, but no, she was still the innocent ingenue.

This is a superb thriller, which is given an extra dimension by the wonderfully sensitive performance of Meg Tilly in the lead. It is the film she made just before THE GIRL IN THE SWING (1988, see my review), in which her performance was absolutely spectacular. Here she was handed a two-dimensional character on the page and has transformed it into a four-dimensional person by the genius of her acting. An ordinary actress could have walked through the part and been competent but bland, and the film would have lost its zing. How many such films we have seen! But this film really works. The thriller plot is so ingenious, with some unusual twists, that I hesitate to reveal it. It is one of those double-cross and triple-cross stories. Tilly plays the innocent victim, fresh out of a good school and the orphaned heiress to a huge fortune, and obvious prey to various fortune-hunters. She owns eight houses all over the word, but the action takes place in the Hamptons on Long Island. The film is very well directed by Bob Swaim, an unusual American director who has made several films in French, and about whom little is publicly known. Few of his films are available with English subtitles, or at all for that matter. Someone ought to do a Swaim Revival. Swaim has an eye for good actresses, not just with regard to Tilly, but he has worked with Natalie Baye and Brigitte Fossey, for instance, so he instinctively goes for quality. The male lead in this film is played by Rob Lowe, perhaps best known today for appearing in the TV series THE WEST WING. He is just right for the part of the handsome but shifty young man who catches the eye of Tilly, having first passed through the arms and legs of the man-eating Kim Cattrall. Greed, greed, greed, that is the story, plus betrayal, betrayal, betrayal. Strong stuff.

A fortune-hunter meets a rich chick whom he wants to swindle but falls in love with her instead.Rob Lowe is extremely handsome in this familiar but OK retelling of love and deceit with Meg Tilly as Rob's romantic interest and John Glover as Meg's repellent father-in-law.The film has a nice look to it, but unfortunately, some of the supporting actors suck. It's hard to make a story like this particularly interesting when its been done so many times, but Rob and Meg keep it afloat and the eastern shore is very pretty.For the girls in the audience: Rob shows his butt again.

This was an interesting movie and interesting plot twists. I enjoyed Meg Tilly and Rob Lowe, and thought they both added much to the movie. Movies of this time period are pretty much over acted, and seem boring but this one was one that fun to watch and try to figure out what was going to happen next. I have to say I am usually pretty good at seeing plot twists, but I never saw these coming. I enjoyed the scenery and enjoyed the large sail boats and the opening scene with the sail boat race. I found myself looking at the styles of the ladies clothing and hairdos and was enjoying a look back at the styles of twenty years ago and remembering them.