Directed by Renny Harlin
Staring Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima and Craig Bierko
Released in 1996

Okay, let’s clear the air here… I do not think that Geena Davis can act her way out of a wet paper sack. She’s had some good parts, A League of Their Own and Beetlejuice, but for the most part the woman can’t act.

That said, this has to be the most stunning performance I have ever seen her do and definitely the most stand out. In this film, she proves me wrong, and she topped the aforementioned others that I gave her some credit for. The simple fact that she can pull off a split personality role for half the film left me awe stricken. And you can ask anyone, I don’t like her.

And one more thing, she is booping HOT as a platinum blond.

Samantha Caine (Davis) is eight years old and has no memory of anything prior to those eight years. In her lifetime she’s had a daughter, Caitlin (Zima), with whom she was two months pregnant when she was found, and has hired a two bit detective, Mitch Henessey (Jackson) to discover what lies in her unknown past. A freak accident awakens sporadic memories of her past, and when her past – with a push from Timothy (Bierko) – catches up to her, she re-awakens and remembers everything.

Probably not my greatest blurb, but there’s so much that can be so easily reveled and ruin the movie for you. This is definitely one of the ones I plan on adding to my collection and I have to admit I’m very glad Sloane made me watch it.

The movie is amazing and it’s another where the chemistry between the main leads of Davis and Jackson (is there anyone that man CAN’T work well with) enhances the film. Where I would, in the past, say that Jackson had to have held her hand through the movie that is not the case here and it’s blatantly obvious that Davis is the lead here.

I cannot heap enough praise to her for this movie; just don’t expect to see it much more. I still stand that she can’t act, and this movie is an exception to that rule. Buy it, rent it, borrow it, I don’t care, just see it. Especially if you’re like me and don’t think highly of Geena Davis.

I don’t think you’ll regret it.

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