Synopsis
An insurance salesman's humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger, ex-con Auggie Rose, unexpectedly dies in his arms. Assuming the identity of the dead man, the salesman embarks on a double life, keeping it secret from his live-in girlfriend.
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Cast
- Jeff GoldblumJohn Nolan
- Anne HecheLucy Brown
- Nancy TravisCarol
- Timothy OlyphantRoy Mason
- Joe SantosEmanuel
- Richard T. JonesOfficer Decker
- Kim CoatesAuggie Rose
- Paige MossNoreen
- Casey BiggsCarl
- Peter SiragusaTony
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
Consistently imaginative and persuasive in its plotting and writing. Tabak makes substantial demands on his wonderful cast but rewards them with roles of exceptional depth and dimension. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
One of those go-out-for-coffee-afterward-and-talk-about-it movies, and those are always welcome. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Screenwriter Matthew Tabak's directing debut is carefully plotted, well acted and surprisingly free of cheap thrills. - 60
Variety
Unspectacular but quietly absorbing. - 50
Village Voice
Amid the awkward pacing and gaping plot holes, the film's chief point of interest is Goldblum's morbidly fascinating performance: equal parts Walter Neff and Captain Kirk. - 50
New York Daily News
Goldblum, who has made psychological confusion his actor's stock-in-trade, gives Nolan's behavior just enough credibility to keep his quest alive for us, and Heche gives a delightfully unaffected performance as Lucy. - 50
The New York Times
A minor-key diversion, might play relatively well on television, where you're listening with one ear while keeping the other cocked to the phone. - 50
New York Post
Begins exceptionally well. Indeed, for at least its first half it's an unusually thoughtful, admirably underplayed piece of work of disorienting, rather harsh realism that builds its mysteries in pleasurably oblique and unpredictable ways.