christina applegate put in a great performance in her interpretation of the role of claudine . the rest of the movie do not support her performance and however . the plot be weak and with the only substantive storyline occur in the first 15 min . and and the last 15 min . the rest of the movie could have be cut and and the audience would not have miss much . tibaldi direction use a lot of close shot and and free camera work and that actually detract from the story . in scene where the audience might have want to pay attention and we be get distract by the edgy camera motion . there be a number of subplots that never play into the story and and end up like flotsam on a beach and with no purpose .