unn ic utt ▁as ▁K ass ia ▁Lanc aster ▁Ele an or ▁Parker ▁as ▁A unt ▁D anny ▁Tim ▁Henry ▁as ▁Luke ▁Laur ence ▁Na ism ith ▁as ▁Dr . ▁M ills ▁Jenn ifer ▁Le ak ▁as ▁Po or ▁D ear ▁L inden ▁Ch iles ▁as ▁B end etto ▁Mark ▁Her ron ▁as ▁Belle mond o ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Howard ▁Thompson ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁called ▁the ▁plot ▁" an ▁over st ated , ▁re work ed ▁and ▁all ▁too ▁familiar ▁one ," ▁and ▁found ▁the ▁clim ax ▁" as ▁ho key ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁hor rible ." ▁Vari ety ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁plot ▁develop ments ▁were ▁" te legraph ed ▁from ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁pic " ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁script ▁" was ▁written ▁for ▁sc are ▁value ▁with ▁little ▁attention ▁paid ▁to ▁g aps ▁in ▁logic ," ▁though ▁director ▁David ▁Low ell ▁Rich ▁was ▁comm ended ▁for ▁getting ▁the ▁actors ▁" to ▁speak ▁bad ▁lines ▁with ▁straight ▁faces ." ▁Kevin ▁Thomas ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁" so ▁un int ention ally ▁h il ari ous ▁that ▁one ▁would ▁be ▁tempt ed ▁to ▁recommend ▁it ▁were ▁not ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁the ater ▁adm issions ▁so ▁high ▁these ▁days ." ▁Gary ▁Arnold ▁of ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁called ▁the ▁film ▁" Trans par ently ▁clever ▁but ▁fund ament ally ▁tr ite ," ▁and ▁suggested ▁the ▁film ▁" w ould ▁make ▁more ▁sense ▁if ▁the ▁murder ers ▁succeeded ▁and ▁then ▁found ▁to ▁their ▁dis may ▁that ▁A unt ▁D anny