Reviews

By the end of this movie, you will despise Paul. You will want to reach through the screen and beat him senseless.

Antonio Cupo ranks with Tilky Jones as actors who are great at playing scumbag Lotharios.

I have two huge questions.

Why the heck do Doug and Elsa allow Sam to have Zahid as a best friend and allow Casey to date Evan?

I would never want to be a friend to someone as lecherous and sexually obsessed as Zahid, and I certainly never, ever would want a child of mine to even know who the heck he is, much less be his friend. Zahid is a terrible influence on Sam. It is all Zahid's fault Julia can't be Sam's therapist anymore. Zahid suggested the chocolate covered strawberries. Zahid told Sam to profess how he feels to Julia. Sam HAD to know he could not cross the line with Julia, yet he listened to Zahid and look what happened.

Evan is a confirmed juvenile delinquent. He stole instruments. He should be in prison, not dating a 16-year old girl who has the chance to go to college on a track scholarship, He already convinced Casey to skip school, and that should have been that. Why did Doug and Elsa even let Casey continue to see Evan in any way, let alone be his girlfriend? It's a miracle Casey isn't pregnant, but I am expecting she will be expecting for season three.

I love watching this show. Jennifer Jason Leigh is a great actress, but that was established 37 years ago in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The rest of the main cast all portray their roles with realism and enthusiasm. However, Zahid and Evan simply anger me to no end.

Maureen and Charlie are two of the most disgusting characters you will ever come across. They are so evil it will make your stomach turn. You will want to punch these two through your screen. Killing poor Sara and Jameson by cutting the brake line, getting Bob arrested on trumped-up charges, then treating Valerie worse than crap. It is revolting. It is sad to say there are people like this in the real world. Fortunately, Valerie has people who are willing to go all out to ensure her safety, and more important, the safety of the baby she is carrying.

Joanna runs over a little girl on a bicycle while reaching in her purse for CIGARETTES. Let me repeat: reaching for CIGARETTES.

That makes her a bad mother right there. Joanna is setting the WORST possible example for her children, and worse, she is endangering their health by sucking those nasty things.

Not only is she reaching for cancer sticks, she's doing so while driving on a winding, narrow road on a rainy day. No rational human being could be that stupid. Then again, this is a movie, and Joanna was not rational.

In my mind, cigarette smokers are hard-core drug addicts. But their actions will always harm others due to that vile second-hand smoke. As long as someone doesn't drive after drinking or drink to excess, it's not going to hurt anyone. Same with pot.

Can't feel sorry for someone who abuses his or her body by smoking, then is so addicted to nicotine that he or she cannot concentrate while driving on a narrow, winding road, especially in bad weather.

There are few Monk episodes, especially after Traylor Howard joined the cast as Natalie Teeger, that I truly dislike. "Mr. Monk and the Daredevil" is one of them.

Harold Crenshaw annoyed me. Really annoyed me. It seemed to me his purposes in life were to make Monk as miserable as possible and to suck up to Dr. Kroeger, and later, Dr. Bell. This episode took the former to a new level, which I thought wasn't possible after "Mr. Monk and the Election" in season 3. The latter was obvious in season 5's "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink".

I have to fast forward past this episode when watching the DVD collection. Sorry. Can't watch. Won't watch.

Allison McAtee is quite the talent. She alone makes "The Wrong House" worth watching.

I absolutely loved Allison in the independent film "Bloomington", where she portrays a college professor who has a torrid affair with a female student who was once a child acting star. So of course I was very excited to see her on screen again.

In "The Wrong House", Allison's character is the antagonist, but she is no less outstanding. Ms. McAtee shows she can portray just about any character written for her.

Nice to see Clare Kramer playing a grown-up role 16 years after playing a supporting turn as a cheerleader in the original "Bring It On". Ms. Kramer would have done well as the star if Kirsten Dunst and/or Eliza Dushku had said no.

Allison and Claire have quite the war over the hunky Tilky Jones. I can see why Allison's Kathleen Strickland was so hot for Tilky's Brian Lassiter.

As for Tilky, he gets paired up with some beautiful women. Watch this movie, as well as "Open Marriage" starring Tilky and ex- Playmate Nikki Leigh and you'll see.

Allison's talents make Sharon Stone the second greatest actress from northwest Pennsylvania. Hopefully we'll be seeing a lot more of Ms. McAtee. Maybe a "Basic Instinct" remake with Allison portraying Catherine Trammell...