Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

When I think of Susan Sarandin I think of a hip, sexy, woman with no reserves about anything. It was really interesting to see her play a character so totally opposite. In this she is a virtual recluse in a town she has never left since girlhood, a non-Christian married to a Minister! On the day she plans to take her money from the bank and run she is taken hostage by(Jake) played by actor Stephen Dorff,a very appealing guy! . Here is Susan, dressed as a frump ,trapped and in tow, by a confused and possibly dangerous handsome guy fresh out of prison. Their interaction and eventual meshing of opposites is FUN to experience in their day by day relationship. The situations are sometimes heartfelt, or sexy, or scary! By the end, we see Susan as we all know Susan,dressed in red boots and a mini -skirt. All the time through the film, Stephen Dorff's inner violence ,just under his calmer surface, smolders. What is he capable of? Is he mellow? Or a tiger? There is a surprise "almost end" (I thought it was the end,) to the film that blows your mind, and it positively shocked me. You need to see this movie. Maybe you can find it on eBay or Half.com. I hope so. I think you will enjoy it .

I love this movie it`s a romantic movie where the thief falls in love with the hostage... so romantic and Stephen Dorff is gorgeous!!! I mean I would not complain if Stephen Dorff or some other hunk took me as a hostage and we fall in love...! Anyway back to the movie, Susan is as great as ever and in this role she turns from a boring house wife to a sexy woman that wants to divorce her husband. I like this movie because it`s so warm and romantic and Stephen Dorff is so pretty!!! //sofia

I watched the DVD version. It is an HBO production. While the picture and sound were fine, it was not even in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, which is a big disappointment. Plus, there were no "extras" on the DVD. The story was sometimes believable, but most of the time it seemed like the actors were "acting" to make this movie. Susan Sarandon was really good in this so-so story but I can overall only give it 5 of 10 rating. The end left me asking "is that all there is??"

I thought this was quite a good movie. It stirred something in me.I thought that Charlotte and Jake had real passion. I found myself laughing because of the ridiculousness of some of the stuff that they did.... picturing people in their situation doing the things they did.I really liked it because it was so different and unpredictable. I was very disappointed with the ending though.