Perfect Alibi
{{Infobox film
| name = Perfect Alibi
| image = Perfect Alibi Movie Poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Kevin Meyer
| based_on = {{based on|Where's Mommy Now?|Rochelle Majer Krich}}
| producer = William Hart
| writer = Kevin Meyer
| starring = {{ubl|Hector Elizondo|Teri Garr|Kathleen Quinlan|Alex McArthur|Lydie Denier|Charles Martin Smith}}
| music = Amotz Plessner
| cinematography = Doyle Smith
| editing = David H. Lloyd
| distributor = Rysher Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|1995}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
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Perfect Alibi is a 1995 American crime film directed by Kevin Meyer and starring Teri Garr and Hector Elizondo.{{cite web |last=Hall |first=Mordaunt |author-link=Mordaunt Hall |date=2007 |title=Perfect Alibi - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/154346/Perfect-Alibi/overview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216054122/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/154346/Perfect-Alibi/overview |archive-date=2007-12-16 |accessdate=2010-05-29 |work=The New York Times |department=Movies & TV Dept.}}{{cite web |date= |title=Perfect Alibi |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/perfect_alibi/ |accessdate=2024-09-16 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}{{cite web |date= |title=Perfect Alibi - Reviews, Movie Trailers, Cast & Crew. Movies at |url=http://www.film.com/movies/perfect-alibi/14538989 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620204043/http://www.film.com/movies/perfect-alibi/14538989 |archive-date=June 20, 2008 |accessdate=2010-05-29 |website=Film.com}}{{cite web |last=Brennan |first=Sandra |date= |title=Perfect Alibi > Overview |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/perfect-alibi-am77014 |accessdate=2010-05-29 |website=AllMovie}} It is based on the 1990 novel Where's Mommy Now? by Rochelle Majer Krich.{{Cite web |title=About Author Rochelle Krich |url=http://www.rochellekrich.com/about.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420204936/http://www.rochellekrich.com/about.html |archive-date=2013-04-20 |access-date=2012-08-10 |website=RochelleKrich.com}}
Plot
The wealthy Melanie and Keith Bauers are a married couple with two beautiful children. Melanie decides to hire a French au pair, Janine. At first, things in the household run smoothly under Janine's care. However Melanie's sister Paula discovers that Janine and Keith are having an adulterous affair and is thereafter killed in an accident. Soon, Melanie turns up dead as well. Laney Tolbert, Melanie's best friend, teams up with a police detective to find the culprits responsible.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Teri Garr as Laney Tolbert
- Hector Elizondo as Detective Ryker
- Alex McArthur as Keith Bauers
- Lydie Denier as Janine
- Kathleen Quinlan as Melanie Bauers
- Charles Martin Smith as Franklin Dupard
- Anne Ramsay as Paula Simpson
- Gedde Watanabe as Detective Onoda
- Bruce McGill as Detective Spivak}}
Critical reception
Time Out wrote, "Your basic Hand That Rocks the Cradle knock-off. French au pair, employed by wealthy Americans, takes charge of kids, husband, house and car, edging the wife and mother out of the picture and rubbing out anyone in the way. Family friend Garr investigates, helped by sympathetic cop Elizondo and sleazy private eye Smith, leading to a highly uninteresting conclusion. With its boring, high-key TV-movie look, banal script, and comatose performances, it makes Curtis Hanson's creaky Rebecca De Mornay vehicle seem the pinnacle of the genre."{{cite web |title=Perfect Alibi |url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/perfect-alibi-1 |website=Time Out |access-date=16 September 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0114114}}
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Category:1995 crime thriller films
Category:1995 direct-to-video films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films about adultery in the United States
Category:Films about uxoricide
Category:Films set in Beverly Hills, California
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:American crime thriller films
Category:English-language crime films
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