Silhouette (1990)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This 1990 made for TV thriller was far above the usual TV presentations. Notably because of the presence of Faye Dunaway in the leading role. She also was co-producer as well. Directed very well by Carl Schenkel, it brings suspense and surprises all through the film. Most of the cast are unknown to me save David Rasche who plays the Sheriff of a small town where a murder is committed. Miss Dunaway sees the silhouette of the murderer. From then on it's a chase as to see who the real murderer is and if Miss Dunaway survives.Faye Dunaway has always produced interesting performances, some mediocre and some excellent. Who can forget her Joan Crawford role in MOMMIE DEAREST, or BONNIE AND CLYDE, CHINATOWN, NETWORK and my favorite EYES OF LAURA MARS. All excellent performances in an already terrific body of work. And this lady is still going. What a career.David Rasche too brings a very good performance to focus in this film. I liked the young deputy but he's not given credit as to his character he's playing in IMDb. Anyway wanted to mention his gallant performance and good looks. Maybe someone can tell me his name. Some of this is quite violent so be warned.

I absolutely loved SILHOUETTE. it was above and beyond for television films. Although not one of your scariest films of the time, I thought it did an awesome job at taking my breath away. The write of this film (Jay Wolf) happens to be my father, and although i believe this is a great film, he has written many other films that are better than this. To those who have not seen it, i highly suggest that you at least see it once-not just because he is my father, but because the quality of the writing is something you don't see in every film. I think that my father and uncle did a fabulous job at creating a thriller that gets you just enough to make you want to see it again. <3

The biggest name in this entire movie has got to be Faye Dunaway, and I do not even know of very many movies that she has been in. The acting is pretty mediocre and the story is typical. The whole thing is very predictable, but I still found SILHOUETTE to be a pretty good movie. When I came on here and found out that this was a TV movie, it just made me think that this movie was even better.If you are easily scared, then see this, it won't scare you a bit. There are some slow and dull moments of this film that make you want to shut it off, but if you just wait, you will be glad that you did, because in a way, it turns out to be worth it. This movie is for fans of serious thrillers, or people who think that crap TV movies are masterpieces. So, yeah, this movie is really not for everyone.SILHOUETTE gets 4/5.

I wasn't actually paying much attention to this film as the beginning, when she witnesses the murder, bored me a bit. The only part I had been waiting for was Glenn Quinn's role as Darren, the sheriff's son, and his scene was very short. I thought this film was actually quite boring and I got easily confused with it, but because of my love for Glenn Quinn I am ashamed to say I would tape it, or maybe even buy it! But if you're not as obsessive as me :) well then I don't think it's worth sitting all the way through. Basically a woman witnesses a murder from her hotel room, then thinks *everyone* (not literally) did it. And the murderer took sometime to actually die, it got boring, it was like 'BANG, BANG' you think he's dead then he's come back. It's very predictable. But that's my thoughts.