guil fisher Why do I even watch this dribble? Sometimes the films are soooo bad and the actors (mostly the leading ladies) are soooo bad it makes you watch. Sort of hypnotizes you into seeing the movie. Once again Janie Luner never disappoints me in being the worst actress on television. Here she prances around in outfits that don't flatter her rather overweight torso and hair all over the place. Her hair makes me want to throw up. Totally out of style for a woman her age. And believe me she's over 40. Her scenes with Sophie Gendron (in a flattering short hair style and looking much prettier then Luner) show her up as an older person. Then we have William R. Moses, who is always stuck in these hopeless and clueless husbands, playing opposite Luner. He does what he can with terrible lines. I liked Lawrence Dane as his father. He had some good scenes. James Wilder as Luner's lover, is sooo young she looks like his mother. Funny watching him making love to her. He must have acted with all he had to make it look believable. Lisa Langloria and Allison Graham in smaller roles fared better than our leading lady. Terrible flick due mostly to writing and Luner in it.

sol ***SPOILERS*** It's when rich Philadelphia socialite Marrianne Danforth, Jamie Luner, threw a fund raising party for the homeless and orphaned children of the city that her shoddy past back on the west coast suddenly caught up with her.Showing up at the big event unannounced and uninvited is pretty boy Brent Richter, James Wilder. Brent's got some very pressing business matters to iron out with a shocked and outraged, in seeing him for the first time in four years, Marrianne who's anything but glad to see him. It was Brent, together with Marrianne doing the dirty work, who was responsible for the murder of Marrianne's first husband Martin Grayson, James O'Regan, back in California four years ago. A greedy and two timing Brent later screw things up for himself in splitting the life insurance money on Mr. Grayson's life. That's when he was caught with his paths down in a motel room with another woman by Marrianne who was then known as Annie Grayson. Now he's back for his share of the loot, $250,000.00, Brent will gladly rat Marrianne out to the police if she doesn't come up with it!At first not wanting anything to do with Brent Marrianne soon realizes that she's trapped in going along with his plan to not only get the 250 G's that she owes him but to likewise murder her now rich husband the doodled brained, in him having no clue to what his wife is planing for him, Richard Danforth, William R. Moses, and his father the head of the multi million dollar cooperation Danforth & Son Donald Danforth played by an elderly Huntz Hall, of the famous "Bowery Boys" series, look alike Lawerance Dane.The one thing that sidetracks Brent and Marrianne's plan is Richard Danforth's faithful personal secretary, that Marrianne treats like dirt, Carrie Holdings, Lisa Langlois, who smells a rat in what her boss' wife is planing for him. Carrie ends up paying with her life by snooping around in the bar where Marrianne and Brent secretly meet up and make their plans to do in her boss Richard Danforth. In the end it's Richard's business partner the sharp classy and on top of things Tia Montgomery, Sophie Gendron, who uncovers Marrianne and Brent's plan to do both the, father & Son, Danforths in! But that's not before old man Danforth ends up getting poked from behind with a deadly dose of potassium chloride by Marrieann when, drinking his morning coffee, he's not looking!***SPOILERS*** In the end Marrianne double-crosses her lover and partner in crime Brent Richter in order to keep all the money of Danforth & Son, some 30 million dollars, all for herself as well as keeping Brent from turning evidence against her if he's caught by the police. The one person who turns things around and puts Marrianne in her place is Tia who, after refusing to believe what she knew was true, was about to expose Marrianne's crimes to the D.A's office. This lead to a vicious and knock down and drag out cat fight, in a basement garage, between the two women that ended with Marrianne getting all that she's got coming to her. Not from Tia or a court of law but from a perfect stranger who unwittingly showed up at the right time and place to save Tia's life!

krorie The ironic title "The Perfect Marriage" gets the viewer in the right mood to expect the worst. It seems that successful and rich entrepreneur, Richard Danforth (William Moses), has the perfect wife in Marrianne, aka Annie (Jamie Luner), who is adept at party mixing. She appears to be the ideal spouse for her clean-cut aspiring husband. Adding to Marrianne's blissful state is the fact that her father-in-law is president of the company where Richard works. All is going well for the happy couple when suddenly Marrianne's deadly past catches up with her in the form of a slimy leach called Brent Richter (James Wilder). Some time ago in another state, Brent and Marrianne had engineered the death of her aged husband. The good wife, Marrianne,had jabbed her old man in the neck with a fatal dose of potassium chloride. But poor Marriane finds her partner in crime with another woman. Even worse, she learns that Brent has squandered the old fellow's money on wine, women, and bad debts.Marrianne attempts to buy Brent off. When he refuses, she decides that she loves him once more. Together they concoct a scheme to get her father-in-law's fortune. This time around, however, Richard's secretaries become suspicious, leading to complications involving murder and mayhem. Most of this is routine at best, but there are a few novel twists and turns thrown in from time to time, especially in the way the writers deal with Marrianne at the end of the film. The acting is not bad for a made-for-TV flick. The direction is adequate, though at times the film is a bit talky. So though the viewer has seen most of it before in a different guise, there is enough excitement to please fans of the genre.

whereizdaremote First and foremost....kudos to Jamie Luner for a great performance as a she-devil Dr. Jekyl and Mrs. Hyde character. ( A HUGE improvement from her two previous Lifetime flicks where she was the resident heroine-in-peril.) This outing made a good bookend to the other end, "Blind Injustice". I posted on these very IMDb message boards that she should cease with the heroine-in-peril scripts, so I now feel vindicated...she is a heroine about as much as Theresa Russell was in " Black Widow". This was a pretty good effort on Ms. Luner's part.The short saga of this flick is a greedy wife Annie (Luner), with the help of a equally conniving back door man Brent( James Wilder in sleepwalking mode) scheme and kill Hub #1 for 250K in insurance money. Predictably, back door man Brent burns through about 90% of her share AND his. Fast forward several years and Annie(now known as Marianne)has new identity, new hub Richard (William R. Moses), high social status, and loads of money. Life is a bowl of cherries until back door man Brent shows up through the front door and Marianne returns to her scheming, murderous ways. Hint: This closet psycho loves potassium chloride and syringes....watch out for those nasty air bubbles! The body count is up to three by the time she sets out to waste her hub's co-worker Tia who is on to her nasty past.(Unbeknownest to Tia, Marianne is out to waste Richard too) Above average chase scene at the end in a parking garage. Jamie Luner does some great, open field running in boots for a gal of her height, 5'9".(I swear she could run the 50 yard dash faster than some guys) Credit the director for NOT having her character fall several times and bust her tush on a slick parking garage floor....which is predictable in some scripts.Catch it on Lifetime when it repeats, it was better than most thriller TV-movies you will see on any of the big three networks.