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and

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Plot

When Matthew Kane (Stephan Jenkins) becomes a successful architect, he leaves his wife of seven years, Lara (Joyce Hyser), to nurture his newfound taste for younger and prettier women. Bent on revenge, Lara hires a beautiful con artist named Tuesday (Nichole Hiltz) to seduce and emotionally destroy her ex-husband. When the two women become more involved with Matt as well as each other, a story of loyalty, vengeance, and betrayal begins to unfold as the situation becomes more dangerous than expected for all parties involved.

Cast

as Matthew Kane *

as Lara Kane * Nicole Hiltz as Tuesday Arcatur *

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as Isabel "Izzy" Bloom *

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as Benjamin Bloom *

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as John Ravich

Reception

Writing for ''

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'',

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referred to the film as "hilariously awful," specifically criticizing Jenkins's "inexplicably effeminate performance that throws the film off balance."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0315788 2003 films