Tempted (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Maggie Greenwald

Writer (WGA):

Vivienne Radkoff (written by)

Release Date:

10 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

On a trip to paradise, one woman discovers everything she has... may not be everything she desires.

Plot:

A married woman becomes attracted to a young man after she takes the ashes of her nanny to Hawaii.

Cast

Virginia Madsen	...	Emma Burke
Lainie Kazan	...	Julia
Jason Momoa	...	Kala
Kieu Chinh	...	Kehau (as Kieu-Chinh)
Andrew McFarlane	...	Mike
Brooke Harmon	...	Jamie (as Brooke Harman)
Mikhael Wilder	...	Billy
James Dean	...	Neil
Robert Coleby	...	Lawyer
Gerry Day	...	Rev. Stewart
Robert Díaz	...	Hank
Todd Leigh	...	Scott
Gabriella Di Labio	...	Sally
Ariu Lang Sio	...	Porter
Kent Harding	...	Developer

Also Known As:

Returning Lily (Australia) (video title) (USA) (working title)
A Mother's Choice (cable TV title)

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Von Zerneck Sertner Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kala takes Emma to see the family altar, he rests his right hand on the altar and reaches to put down the flowers he's holding in his left hand. There's a closeup of his hand placing the flowers down, and they're suddenly in his right hand.

Soundtrack:

Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World

It was so bad!

I hated this movie! Don't know why I even finished watching it. Oh, yeah, I remember...Jason Momoa was nice to look at.

It moved slowly. Stupid story. Bad acting. Way too sappy. I didn't feel any compassion or connection to any of the characters except maybe Kala (Jason Momoa). A dumb too-easy ending.

I had a big prob with the age discrepancy. Momoa & Madsen are actually 24 & 40. However, Momoa's character Kala has a 15 yo son who lives with his ex-wife! I think that would be biologically impossible. Ok, he actually looks older than 24 and his character behaved more maturely than Emma (Madsen). The character he played must have been much older than the actor really is, but IMHO not much older than 30. That would mean he had his son at 15. Ok, that's biologically possible, but married, too, at that age?

This movie was suppose to be about a married woman being tempted by a younger man. Jason Momoa is very sexy and sensual. Who wouldn't be tempted? So where were the hot, steamy love scenes??? There was some kissing, but I never felt any heat between them. Besides Jason Momoa, the only other thing good about this movie was the beautiful Hawaiian location.

I rate it 2 out of 10.