Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.
Director DeCubellis is frightfully beholden to the tropes of the genre, and the premise (involving blackmail, strange dares and an inexplicable horse story) is just not credible.
– Brad Wheeler,
Globe and Mail,
26 Aug 2016
rotten:
The thrilling twists and turns of Harrison's plot are here, but DeCubellis's hazy pacing drains the film of the book's zest. Though great material mishandled is frustrating to view, there are nonetheless some bright spots.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
30 May 2016
rotten:
It's pretty frustrating to watch a close-but-no-cigar movie like this.
– Glenn Kenny,
RogerEbert.com,
20 May 2016
fresh:
It's not a great movie but a welcome one, if only for how it attempts to revive a whole genre.
– Noel Murray,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2016
rotten:
What sounds so delicious in the telling is pallid and ludicrous onscreen.