Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is.
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
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Character
Cool, effortless, spare and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
24 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Ironists.
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Cast
- Rosanna ArquetteRoberta Glass
- MadonnaSusan
- Aidan QuinnDez
- Mark BlumGary Glass
- Robert JoyJim
- Laurie MetcalfLeslie Glass
- Anna ThomsonCrystal
- Will PattonWayne Nolan
- Steven WrightLarry Stillman D.D.S.
- John TurturroRay
Crew
- Susan SeidelmanDirector
- Leora BarishWriter
- Edward LachmanDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew MondsheinEditor
- Midge SanfordProducer
- Sarah PillsburyProducer
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