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4.8/10   10,709 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Warren Adler (novel)
Darryl Ponicsan (adaptation)
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Release Date:
8 October 1999 (USA) more
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In a perfect world...they never would have met.
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After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash 'Harrison Ford' and Kristin Scott Thomas find... more | add synopsis
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Kristin Scott Thomas: 'I've been a very sad person, but I'm not any more'
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 20 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)

Sydney Pollack Dies at 73
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An intriguing story with a clever twist more (273 total)

Cast

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Harrison Ford ... Dutch Van Den Broeck

Kristin Scott Thomas ... Kay Chandler

Charles S. Dutton ... Alcee

Bonnie Hunt ... Wendy Judd

Dennis Haysbert ... Detective George Beaufort

Sydney Pollack ... Carl Broman

Richard Jenkins ... Truman Trainor
Paul Guilfoyle ... Dick Montoya
Susanna Thompson ... Peyton Van Den Broeck

Peter Coyote ... Cullen Chandler

Dylan Baker ... Richard Judd
Lynne Thigpen ... Phyllis Bonaparte

Susan Floyd ... Molly Roll

Bill Cobbs ... Marvin

Kate Mara ... Jessica Chandler
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MPAA:
Rated R for brief violence, sexuality and language.
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133 min
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The bowling alley scene was filmed at Parkway Lanes in Elmwood Park, NJ. more
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Boom mic visible: The first time that Kay faces reporters a mike is visible on white background more
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Kay Chandler: You know those drugstore kits that tell you when you're pregnant? They should have one that tells you when you're sane. more
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12 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
An intriguing story with a clever twist, 27 February 2001
7/10
Author: (schuchat@hotmail.com) from Miami, FL.

I admit I have been a fan of Harrison Ford for many, many years now so it didn't surprise me that I enjoyed his performance here. But I also enjoyed the way the storyline developed and thought the casting was well done. I don't know whether I "buy into" Kristin Scott Thomas as a Congresswoman but she is a fine actress and a beautiful woman. I took notice of her in the first Mission Impossible. Although her part was small she stuck out on the screen.

Here her and Ford play people whose spouses are killed in an airplane crash. They are seated together and this is where the plot takes off. Apparently Ford, a police detective in Wash D.C., discovers that his wife was having an affair. He further discovers that the affair was with the husband of a New England Congresswoman.

The story takes on many subplots as Ford and Thomas find themselves drawn together by revelations of their marriages, the uncovering of deceipt, and the pure grief and anger over the loss of a loved one.

I think the movie is worthwhile either renting or catching on cable.

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