In fact, why I even devoted this much time in reviewing this escapes me-except maybe I'll save someone a few bucks and a couple of wasted hours." I have really liked Griffith in several recent movies and do not understand this one at all, except that she's just horribly miscast-as is everyone in this film. But, worst of all, this movie is boring-no suspense, no thrills, and I didn't care one bit about the fortunes of any of the characters. Even this elicits no real emotion from her, she basically sleepwalks through the movie. Throughout the movie he repeatedly calls her and taunts her through her answering machine causing her to listen for several minutes before unplugging it, or turning it off, or throwing it against the wall, but never doing anything that makes sense, like changing her phone number. In addition there's this weird, pointless side story about a former client whom she got acquitted, then slept with, only to find out he was actually guilty of rape all along.
Supposed to be touching I'm sure, but instead it was so out of place and baffling, I cringed while laughing. The dialog is absolutely inane, including an awful scene where this supposedly hard-boiled attorney (Griffith) who has successfully defended the scum of the earth, suddenly realizes a full five minutes into the interrogation of her client (a major slimeball) that she believes his story-that he was just having kinky sex, slapping his date around, and didn't really kill the girl-and starts crying at this realization. Her crack investigative team manages to stumble across valuable clues at the drop of a hat without even a trace of intelligent, logical, deductive reasoning or sleuthing. Realism is non-existent as she voluntarily gives away key information/evidence to the DA and her powerful adversaries before the trial even starts. I guess seductive whispers, a slinky walk, and tepid one-line comebacks are all it takes to free rapist/killers. Melanie Griffith is supposed to be one of the best, toughest, smartest defense attorneys in the city, but acts more like a former stripper playing at being a recent law school grad.
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