Synopsis
Neely, an aspiring actress, gets a role on the popular soap opera "Heartbreak Hospital." Her neighbor, Lottie, a huge fan of the show, can't differentiate between fiction and reality, and her obsession and jealousy endanger Neely and the rest of the cast.
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Cast
- Chelsea AltmanNeely Kendall
- Patricia ClarksonLottie Ohrwasher
- Diane VenoraSunday Tyler / Andrea Harmon
- John SheaMilo Henderson / Dr. Jonathan
- Demián BichirTonio
- Robert LuPoneHal
- Annie MeiselsSusan
- Samantha BuckSandy
- Lou Martini Jr.Restaurant Manager
- Michael HannonTheater Director
Recommendations
- 63
New York Post
A game and often quite funny attempt with an expert cast. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Gerber has a sharp cast at hand -- All work furiously, yet the director, with his fake backdrops and stately pacing, never settles on a consistent tone. Surely the novel had more bite. - 50
New Times (L.A.)
Nominal comedy has a few bright spots but never seems to find its rhythm. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Nicely shot around New York City, this dodgy mixture of cutesy romance, dark satire and murder mystery uses the same central conceit as Neil LaBute's "Nurse Betty." - 38
New York Daily News
If you want to direct a movie that's already been done, it's a good idea to pick one you can improve on. - 30
Variety
Tries to combine romantic comedy, soap-opera parody and murder mystery, but the disparate elements never gel, and the film, about homicide at a daytime television serial, bounces around with no clue of how to reconcile or intertwine its genre conventions. - 25
Christian Science Monitor
Everyone tries very hard to make the story sweet and funny, but the soggy screenplay defeats them every time. - 20
Village Voice
Sluggish, tonally uneven -- In fact, it doesn't even rise to the level of 1991's Soapdish, with the feverishly mugging Elisabeth Shue sending up TV's cesspool of sentimentality.