When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.
A bland, utterly silly, curiously provincial courtroom drama.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A sluggish courtroom melodrama relieved only by unintenional laughter.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
A courtroom drama built around the charge that Madonna's body is a deadly weapon with which she 'fornicated' a man to death, this showcase for the singer-thesp as femme fatale is more silly than erotic.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
While he may be marginally better at directing kinky sex scenes than Instinct's Paul Verhoeven, [Edel is] stuck with a fairly ho-hum script by Brad Mirman.