One Hot Summer Night (1998 TV Movie)
Guiltier than a puppy sitting next to a pile of poo...
17 November 2003
Warning: Spoilers
I'm not sure what's worse. This truly, utterly, irredeemably lousy film or the fact that I watched it to the bitter end. There is, at least, a degree of car crash voyeurism to be had watching the feeble attempts of actors so wooden one can only suspect it was dry rot making them stagger through the joke of a script like arthritic lab rats. For example, in the courtroom scenes, the judge is one of the most unintentionally funny performances I've ever seen. I assume that the actor got his qualifications from the back of a breakfast cereal box or was just taking the p***.

:::WARNING - SPOILER:::

If you're demented enough to even start watching this ludicrous waste of videotape just make sure you don't miss the very last minute, which guarantees a belly laugh which might marginally compensate for the precious minutes of your life stolen by this movie. In a ghastly, desperate attempt to put the film swiftly out of its (and our) misery, there's a Twist In The Tail slapped on the end of the final draft with all the grace and subtlety of a dead dog in a swimming pool. Perhaps one of the producers found a reel of stock footage (of Bavaria, for crying out loud?!?) down the back of a chair and thought, "Oh bugger it, that'll do. Nobody will still be watching, anyway..."

There's only one good thing about this film. OK, two good things. And they're both inside Erika Eleniak's sweater. I don't know if this is a spoiler but in case that's all you're watching for, be warned - they stay there.
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