7/10
Cheryl Hines directed, Adrienne Shelly wrote
1 July 2021
Meg Ryan looks great. Kristen Bell is lovely, and Timothy Hutton is all wrapped up. The script is original. A man is leaving his wife for a much younger woman. He is writing her a note when she unexpectedly arrives. His wife still loves him and wants him to remember his love. She duck tapes him. The girlfriend is told he will meet her tomorrow at the plane to Paris. Then Justin Lang the yard cutter tapes Ryan up. While both are taped up they rediscover their love.

The home invasion gang steal all their possessions. Bell is furious, but it is over and she leaves.

The final scenes show a baby, and they are happy.

The script is unique and makes a very watchable film. This is a tricky shoot, because they are inside a bathroom taped up. Timothy Hutton did a great job taped up. The direction was tops considering the lack of mobility of the characters. Great job all around.

The real tragedy is that the writer was murdered on 11/1/2006 in the West Village. She was strangled then hung up to hide the murder. If she had been alive for the shooting, she might have made changes.

Since the writer died in a violent way, it might have been in better taste to eliminate the violence and rewrite the script.
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