There have been two intriguing titles to this well-made film. One is "Her Evil Twin" and the other is "The Good Sister." As the film unfolds, a burning question is who is the evil twin, and who is the good sister? It takes the entire ninety minutes of the film to answer those questions.
The man in the middle of the twins is Jack McLennon, a dynamic defense attorney who has won an acquittal in a high profile case. His client is a thug named Anton Mankovic, and his star witness on which the case turned was obtained by Jack through questionable practices.
But it is on the home front, not in the courtroom, that Jack's fate will be determined. At the start, Jack seems determined to preserve his marriage to Kate, who is fighting depression. The marriage took a hit when Jack had a brief affair with his legal secretary Cassie. Now, Kate learns that she has a twin sister. The girls were separated at birth and apparently grew up separately never knowing until now that they had a twin sibling.
Jack begins with respecting his wife's wishes that she does not want to pursue a relationship with her twin after an initial meeting. But when pressured by the twin Linda, Jack caves in and starts a tawdry relationship with her. Linda seems to possess te self-confidence, energy, and vivacity missing in Kate. But by continuing the relationship with Linda, Jack is digging himself deeper and deeper in the muck.
Kate seems to have an uncanny intuitive sense about when Jack is fibbing to her, which occurs a lot. At one point, the philosophical question is raised: "How Do We Believe the People We Are?" The matter of how deeply we really know another individual and how we even know ourselves was at the heart of the drama.
The filmmakers devised a slick screenplay, a terrific set of locations, great camera angles, and an interesting set of secondary characters. Jack's secretary Cassie figured prominently in his unraveling. The actress playing the twins was remarkable in evoking two distinct characters.
A bombshell twist was reserved for the end, which may have raised some questions about logic, but nonetheless delivered a knockout blow to audience expectations in this well-crafted thriller.
The man in the middle of the twins is Jack McLennon, a dynamic defense attorney who has won an acquittal in a high profile case. His client is a thug named Anton Mankovic, and his star witness on which the case turned was obtained by Jack through questionable practices.
But it is on the home front, not in the courtroom, that Jack's fate will be determined. At the start, Jack seems determined to preserve his marriage to Kate, who is fighting depression. The marriage took a hit when Jack had a brief affair with his legal secretary Cassie. Now, Kate learns that she has a twin sister. The girls were separated at birth and apparently grew up separately never knowing until now that they had a twin sibling.
Jack begins with respecting his wife's wishes that she does not want to pursue a relationship with her twin after an initial meeting. But when pressured by the twin Linda, Jack caves in and starts a tawdry relationship with her. Linda seems to possess te self-confidence, energy, and vivacity missing in Kate. But by continuing the relationship with Linda, Jack is digging himself deeper and deeper in the muck.
Kate seems to have an uncanny intuitive sense about when Jack is fibbing to her, which occurs a lot. At one point, the philosophical question is raised: "How Do We Believe the People We Are?" The matter of how deeply we really know another individual and how we even know ourselves was at the heart of the drama.
The filmmakers devised a slick screenplay, a terrific set of locations, great camera angles, and an interesting set of secondary characters. Jack's secretary Cassie figured prominently in his unraveling. The actress playing the twins was remarkable in evoking two distinct characters.
A bombshell twist was reserved for the end, which may have raised some questions about logic, but nonetheless delivered a knockout blow to audience expectations in this well-crafted thriller.