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3.8/10
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A young man becomes suspicious when his recently widowed mother decides to re-marry soon after his stepfather's death.A young man becomes suspicious when his recently widowed mother decides to re-marry soon after his stepfather's death.A young man becomes suspicious when his recently widowed mother decides to re-marry soon after his stepfather's death.
Sterling Fitzgerald
- Sammi Russell
- (as Ann Michele Fitzgerald)
Gary Davies
- Second Detective
- (as Gary-Michael Davies)
Bill Sloan
- E.R. Doctor
- (as William Sloan)
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- TriviaThe film only played on 10 screens in the US. Worldwide release focused on Germany, where it played on 105 screens.
- GoofsWhen Kelly and Scott have sex on the roof, it begins to rain. Kelley's white shirt becomes transparent, and sticks to her body. When Kelly and Scott roll downward on the roof, Kelly's shirt is completely dry.
- Quotes
Kelly Vance: You know what's weirder? Looks like me and you are going to be brother and sister. Or step-somethings, right?
- ConnectionsReferenced in Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexiest Men (2002)
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Decidedly un-thrilling
Someone probably should have told the producers/directors of Fascination that a thriller is, by definition, supposed to be thrilling. Instead, this movie contains one of the funniest opening sequences ever: a buff older dude goes out for a swim, then on his way back to shore, a wave knocks him into a rock, his head hits with a big CRACK, and he drowns. Opening credits roll, with the unintentionally funny "Based on a screenplay by ..." two writers getting a chuckle out of me. Especially when it was followed by "Written, Produced and Directed by Klaus Menzel". Anyway, old dude's wife quickly remarries, throwing her son (Kangaroo Jack voice Adam Garcia) into a bit of a tizzy, which is only resolved when he meet new hubby's daughter, and they get their sex on. A series of unlikely events happen -- the best of which is Garcia and his lawyer buddy exhuming the former's father to perform a toxicology test -- and Garcia's suspicions of the new husband keep mounting. Like many other movies I have watched recently, this would probably make for an enjoyable enough afternoon on TBS/TNT/USA/etc. I honestly think that movies like this need to have their monotony broken up by commercials. Interestingly, this was not a made-for-TV move, but rather an MGM-financed $5,000,000-budget big-screen flop that opened on 10 screens nationwide and grossed a lot less than its budget. How much less? 1/10 would've been nice, but not even close. There are some sexy sex scenes though, so it's not all bad -- Alice Evans is a babe wicked stepsister. I would give it a 3.5 basically for that, but the end of this movie totally blew (even following what came before it), and right before the credits roll there is a joke (I assume it's a joke!) ad for Garcia's character's first album, ballads based on his pseudo-incestuous relationship with his sister. That brings this movie into solid 2.5-3.0 territory -- IMDb says 3.7, so hey!
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- jheisel
- Aug 14, 2005
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- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,670
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,018
- Jan 30, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $16,670
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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