melodrama [from a screen story by Robert Berger and Wesley Strick] in which star power and slick surfaces are used to potent advantage. Tantalizing double-crosses mount right up to the eerie final scene." Many reviews were mixed. Kathleen Maher of the Austin Chronicle wrote, "Joanou, with his puppy dog devotion to noir thrillers and Hitchcock, is hoping to get it all right by painting by the numbers. He's mixed parts of Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep, and Vertigo, but the result doesn't even live up to Dead Again..." Maher was also critical of the two leads: "That Basinger and Gere are going to wind up in bed is no secret, but their courtship is excruciating, full of why-are-they-whispering scenes. At least Basinger gets better as she gets going, but Gere reverts to that shell-shocked acting style he adopts when lost at sea." Rita Kempley, writing in The Washington Post, called the film "an implausible psycho thriller" and said director Joanou "doesn't have any of his own ideas." The film has an approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes of 56% based on 27 reviews. Accolades Nominations MTV Movie Awards Most Desirable Female, Kim Basinger (lost to Linda Hamilton for Terminator 2: Judgment Day) Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Actress - Kim Basinger (also for Cool World; lost to Melanie Griffith for Shining Through and A Stranger Among Us) Worst Picture - Charles Roven, Paul Junger Witt, and Tony Thomas (lost to Shining Through) Worst Screenplay - Wesley Strick (also story) and Robert Berger (story) (lost to Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot) References External links 1992 films 1992 romantic drama films 1992 thriller films 1990s erotic thriller films 1990s psychological thriller films American erotic thriller films Films about obsessive–compulsive disorder Incest in film American neo-noir films American psychological thriller films American romantic drama films 1990s English-language films Films about psychiatry Films about sisters Films directed by Phil Joanou Films produced by Charles Roven Films scored by George Fenton Works set in lighthouses Films set in San Francisco Films set in the San Francisco Bay Area Films shot in San Francisco Warner Bros. films 1990s American films