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An unhappy wife orders a guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love.An unhappy wife orders a guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love.An unhappy wife orders a guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
David Lawrence Brown
- Billy Ringel
- (as Dave Brown)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaHolly Hunter, William Hurt, Radha Mitchell and Stellan Skarsgård were originally attached to this project.
- Quotes
Carol: It is possible that our thoughts create patterns or pathways in our brain and after repeated negative thoughts then those pathways become attached, addicted to those repeated stimulations and those negative thoughts are very very hard to redirect.
Nancy: It's such a load of crap, you don't know what real pain is.
- ConnectionsReferenced in W.E. (2011)
- SoundtracksWhen A Man Loves A Woman
Performed by Michael Bolton
written by Andrew James Wright and Calvin Houston Lewis
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A destructive pact
It's hard to decide whether this is a failure or not. I finally came to the conclusion that it's not.
Nancy has been sexually abused as a child. She lives in a completely cold and dead marriage. She cuts herself. Then, she gets into this pact with a stranger on the net. What follows is a carousel of destruction. But is it really destruction? It's a fantastic acting performance here by Maria Bello, Rufus Sewell and Jason Patric. It's like a documentary with pale colors, no sign of hope, no sign of healing. It's a movie about existentialism, but it balances on a thin line close the ridiculous. But director Johan Renck brings it all home and you can only feel the pain. Or is that really what you're supposed to feel?
Nancy has been sexually abused as a child. She lives in a completely cold and dead marriage. She cuts herself. Then, she gets into this pact with a stranger on the net. What follows is a carousel of destruction. But is it really destruction? It's a fantastic acting performance here by Maria Bello, Rufus Sewell and Jason Patric. It's like a documentary with pale colors, no sign of hope, no sign of healing. It's a movie about existentialism, but it balances on a thin line close the ridiculous. But director Johan Renck brings it all home and you can only feel the pain. Or is that really what you're supposed to feel?
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- stensson
- May 10, 2009
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,282
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,324
- Jun 7, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $22,282
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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