Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

neytod Review contains a few minor differences with this movie vs. Sleeping With the Enemy, which some might consider spoilers IF they have seen Sleeping......Having seen Sleeping With the Enemy starring Julia Roberts years earlier, like most of the other reviewers, I was disappointed as well! However, I will say this movie wouldn't be half bad if you've never seen Sleeping With the Enemy. For as many likenesses, there are just as many differences. Without interjecting major spoilers, I'll list just a few. There are young children involved, Madison/Kate has a best girlfriend to help her, automobile accident instead of drowning, an ailing father not an ailing I mother, Lemon Meringue Pie instead of Apple Pie, toilet seat left up rather than straightened cans in kitchen cupboard, and necklace rather than a wedding ring.All in all, a good movie that's visually appealing with good acting out of Taye Diggs.

mbe2533 The only reason I watched this movie was because I saw that it starred Taye Diggs, so I figured it couldn't be too bad; it was, and he didn't help it at all.This is one of those over-done cliches that you already KNOW how everything is going to play out, even the lame ending. They did try to throw in a twist--the whole faked death segment--but that was utterly ridiculous. You'd have to suspend reality in order to even pretend that that could happen. All I could think about was: (1) when is she going to be arrested for insurance fraud; (2) the cremation story was stupid, and what were the ashes in the urn?; (3) when was Taye Diggs going to burst thru the door only to be knocked unconscious by the husband (which he was)?; (4) she is NOT going to tell the police that "there is an intruder and I shot him," like Sleeping With The Enemy, is she?; and (5) why do all African-American films portray characters who live in multi-million dollar homes, yet do not have jobs that, in real life, cannot afford such mansions?The female lead's acting was simply awful! And veteran actor Taye Diggs was a bumbling idiot which was a disappointment. The one good thing about the movie was ... um ... I'd have to think about that for a minute.

realityinmind The setup is now 15 minutes in and it is so overly exaggerated with the sappy "baby I love you, no baby I love you more" stuff... this would be unbearable if I wasn't multi-tasking. These people are supposed to be married yet they don't seem to know anything about each other. The wife brings the husband water -- "baby you know I don't like water" so she responds "oh yeah baby, I forgot" and he responds "baby is something wrong that you forgot?" and she responds "no baby everything is fine" kissy kissy smooch smooch. This is so horrible. The worst aspect of it all is that the writer and director (they are a team) went out of their way to make this an all black movie with an all black cast about all black people's lives, yet it is almost completely devoid of any black culture whatsoever. Isn't the term called "whitewashing"...? Why did the writer and director whitewash this movie? Horrible.

daughterof_ann This reminds me of Sleeping with the Enemy( Julia Roberts),with a better twist plot to the wife's faked death.Stephen Bishop acting shines as the abusive husband.Its predictable but still good.I just wished it was explained what happened to his wife's best friend at the end of the movie.The soundtrack was fresh and appropriate to the movie theme throughout.