Murder in Mind (1997)
The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, Carolyn Walker, wonders if those repressed memories are true. Dr. Ellis guides her through her trial, testifies himself, and continues treatment after the verdict is in. Carolyn's memory and well-being get worse after the trial, not better. She misses some therapy sessions, and Dr. Ellis comes to see her at home. Snatches of memory come and go. Can he help her remember what really happened? Are the cops satisfied justice has been done?
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Nice effects though.
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Someone should teach the people who made this movie that there is a difference between "presenting multiple twists" and "screwing the audience over". They even use hypnosis as a tool to cover up the plot holes; whenever they can't find their way into or out of a scene, they just say "she is regressing to her past now" or "she's snapping out of it now", and they think that explains everything. This movie is a dishonest cheat and in the last 20 minutes becomes a full-blown fiasco. (*1/2)
This is the kind of film one initially selects to make up the numbers from video rental.....only to discover an under-rated entertaining and enjoyable movie!! The opening sequence of the police arriving at a dark and rainy house wherein the "wife" has committed murder.......or is it??....and the remainder of the film seeks to unravel what really happened....OK...the film is a bit "campy"...but has good editing and dialogue.....professional acting.....often humorous......and the very last scene with the facial expression is one of the best of its' kind......definitely worth watching.....deserving at least a 7 or an 8!
I caught this one on cable and I was very surprised. Steady direction and some good performances accent a twisty and very engaging story. This one will keep you up all night thinking about what was real and what wasn't. Check out Jason Scott Lee in the Lou Diamond Phillips role!
The question in this movie is not "Whodunit", but rather "Whydidtheydunit". In the opening scene (in the dark and rain...how mysterious) the police descend on the ritzy abode of Jimmy Smits and Mary-Louise Parker to discover the former lying in the foyer with some shrub clippers protruding from his belly (the couples handyman is also dead, but who cares?). Parker is upstairs, covered in blood, clutching a knife and staring into space.It seems pretty darn obvious that she did it, but she doesn't remember a thing, so the cops bring in a world-renowned psychiatric expert (Nigel Hawthorne) who luckily lives nearby to clear up the whole mess. He doesn't.We then suffer through a ninety-minute quest to define the nature of memory and the mind which is both confusing (it is supposed to be) and boring (an unintended consequence).It's hard to believe that Jimmy Smits left "NYPD Blue" to pursue these kind of career opportunities.