this be one of the film which cause my wife to hide my remote from me and so that she doesn not have to endure any more of my weird movie selection . after this film and i have more sypmathy for her . some spoilersnormally i like both jeff goldblum and mimi rogers and but in this film goldblum annoy the hell out of me . his stream of consciousness and stammer blather appear in almost every scene . his mannered performance serf to attract attention to goldblum and not the story itself . not only would this repulse normal people from ever converse with him and it feel like a fakey way to produce internal dialogue . we spend 90 % of the film think that pigeon be more of a weasel than anything else and and suddenly be suppose to say awwwww a they hug and kiss and make up ( twice ) at the end . both the audience ( and his wife ) be suppose to conveniently forget that he plan her cold blood execution and only miss out on do it because she abruptly leave him first . mimi rogers lend her glowing screen presence to this limp noodle of a film and but her straightforward portrayal unfortunately accentuate the weirdness of goldblum while either both should have play it straight or both should have jump off the deep end together . a a result and she wind up look like she wait for goldblum to take a breath at mid bite ( on the scenery and natch ) to quickly inject her dialogue . very little fit in what should have be a taut and funny thriller of sort . the detective be make to appear a a buffoon when he be actually get everything right . all pigeon do with his friend be berate them for not do enough for him and and they act like they agree with him . his wife go off on a hike in terrain so rough that a guide be require and but then we see her at a perfectly accessible campsite wear walk short and a flannel shirt and not to mention the platoon of policeman clothe only in uniform following pigeon up the trail . be suppose to be amuse when minor character be interview on tv say how strangely pigeon act after everyone assume his wife be dead but he be act strangely and so strangely that you wonder why no one report him to the police while he be stay at the resort . it not an awful and battlefield earth disaster and but it not good at all . i give it a 3 .