The movie that chokes on its own cliches. Keith Carradine and Daryl Hannah play The
Biological Couple From Hell in this idiotic non-thriller. A loving couple (Vincent Spano
and Moira Kelly) adopt a six-year-old (Julia Devin) and find that along with the usual
problems of adjustment, their real problem is the little girl's real parents - a pair of
murderous, happy-go-lucky psychos who want their baby back. Like so many "Whatzit From
Hell" movies, this one begins well, but soon disintegrates into idiocy (a half-finished
house in the middle of nowhere is introduced in the first ten minutes and, sure enough,
everyone ends up there for the mortal-combat finale.) First-time director Wesley Strick
wrote the remake of "Cape Fear" and in an odd way, he's remade his remake, with Carradine
and Hannah sharing the De Niro role of the obsessed white-trash nut-case. There are,
however, two things worth noting about the movie. First, little Devin's fine portrayal of a
child who's seen too many nasty things in her short life. And, two, the silliest plot use
of a bunny since "Fatal Attraction."
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