Judicial Indiscretion (2007) (TV)

Director:

George Mendeluk

Writer:

George Mendeluk (writer)

Release Date:

9 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

When Monica Barrett is nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States, she falls prey to a charming psychopath and a web of political intrigue.

Plot Keywords:

Blackmail | Supreme Court Nominee | Spiked Drink | Female Judge | Mother Daughter Relationship

Cast

Anne Archer	...	Monica Barrett
Michael Shanks	...	Jack Sullivan
Erin Karpluk	...	Jennifer
Anna Hagan	...	Victoria
Matthew Harrison	...	Martin Murphy
Tracy Waterhouse	...	Detrick
William B. Davis	...	Senator Garland Wolf
Mylene Robic	...	Annie (as Mylene Dinh-Robic)
Angelique Naude	...	Sales Clerk
Nelson Wong	...	Manager
Nimet Kanji	...	Dr. Rajid
Brent Chapman	...	Tom
Peter Bryant	...	Attorney
Ted Friend	...	Newscaster
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Jackson

Runtime:

USA:88 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Filmed in Canada but set in the United States, Monica Barrett and her neighbor are seen picking up their mail at a distinctly red Canada Post Super Mailbox.

Engrossing movie

Anne Archer is above the level of the normally "B" actresses which you're more apt to find on this type of Lifetime/TV film. I think she could be termed an "A-list/supporting" performer, having appeared as Harrison Ford's wife in the Tom Clancy flicks, with Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction," etc.

She's a competent, likable presence, and her performances (including this one) can convey the drama, risk, and even danger, without the excessive histrionics often employed in flicks of this genre.

Here she is a widowed prominent judge, and the leading candidate for the vacant Supreme Court seat. During a vacation in San Francisco, she meets a younger man, apparently a charming Irish author. Through no intent on her part, she is placed (to say the least) in an extremely compromising position.

The story unfolds as she proceeds (under the tutelage of an expert liaison/consultant) on doing all the things a candidate for this sort of position might do (clothing choices, speeches, press conferences, visiting other cities, etc.). She finds herself encountering this same individual (who had disappeared from the San Francisco hotel) in various personas and various locales, receives some ominous calls -- and there is a well-presented air of mystery and danger for her as to exactly why this is occurring and particularly who else, if anybody, may have a hand in it.

The remaining cast is good, and the story interesting, and there aren't the gratuitous, over-the-top contrivances which this genre often contains.