A good cast... A good idea but turns out it is flawed as hypnosis is not allowed as evidence in courts. So many good actors and they are all acting so badly! So why did they all get attracted to this mess... And yes it has its good points such as lighting etc... But ultimately I wondered two things.... How could so much talent lead to such a bizarre mess? What is that accent that Nigel Hawthorne is putting on? He is/was a great actor and so what is that accent all about? It is impossible to identify? What was he trying to do? Maybe it is his subtle indication as if to say to us: 'I've got involved with a turkey so here's a crap accent to go with it!'

Someone should teach the people who made this movie that there is a difference between "presenting multiple twists" and "screwing the audience over". They even use hypnosis as a tool to cover up the plot holes; whenever they can't find their way into or out of a scene, they just say "she is regressing to her past now" or "she's snapping out of it now", and they think that explains everything. This movie is a dishonest cheat and in the last 20 minutes becomes a full-blown fiasco. (*1/2)

I caught this one on cable and I was very surprised. Steady direction and some good performances accent a twisty and very engaging story. This one will keep you up all night thinking about what was real and what wasn't. Check out Jason Scott Lee in the Lou Diamond Phillips role!

The question in this movie is not "Whodunit", but rather "Whydidtheydunit". In the opening scene (in the dark and rain...how mysterious) the police descend on the ritzy abode of Jimmy Smits and Mary-Louise Parker to discover the former lying in the foyer with some shrub clippers protruding from his belly (the couples handyman is also dead, but who cares?). Parker is upstairs, covered in blood, clutching a knife and staring into space.It seems pretty darn obvious that she did it, but she doesn't remember a thing, so the cops bring in a world-renowned psychiatric expert (Nigel Hawthorne) who luckily lives nearby to clear up the whole mess. He doesn't.We then suffer through a ninety-minute quest to define the nature of memory and the mind which is both confusing (it is supposed to be) and boring (an unintended consequence).It's hard to believe that Jimmy Smits left "NYPD Blue" to pursue these kind of career opportunities.