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Title: Eliza Dushku with some weird neurological disease
Review: This movie might have been crafted into, at least, a fairly conventional cops & serial killer movie, but fails. It's a waste of a pretty decent supporting cast, including Timothy Hutton, who doesn't appear to get the kind and quality of work he deserves. There are many problems, including a silly answer to the whodunnit that you can see coming up the street way, way early. And then, once revealed, the plot gets even worse. Most problematic, I'm afraid, is Eliza Dushku's performance. Actors talk about how hard it is to "do crazy" and this is as glaring an example I know of how NOT to portray a person with mental illness. She's got all kinds of weird tics and an arm that seems to always be threatening to go Dr. Strangelove on her. I'd diagnose any number of neurological illnesses before the schizophrenia which is supposed to be her affliction. Her hallucinations are straight out of The Ring. Avoid this stinker.
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