What begins as a standard, interesting mystery-thriller is ultimately ruined by an abrupt, laughably arbitrary ending. The film tries to be Hitchcockian, with an auction sequence that resembles a similar set piece in "North By Northwest", but in the last 10 minutes the script really goes to hell. Good performance by Scheider, but Meryl Streep never quite manages to be totally convincing; it's all-too-clearly a "performance". (**)
Review of Still of the Night
