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Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family.
2002 · Directed by Michael Apted · 114 min · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 10 frames
Tagline
Everyone has a limit.
Plot
Slim is a waitress in a Los Angeles diner where she meets wealthy family man Mitch Hiller, who wards off a rude man trying to hit on her for a bet. They eventually marry, have a daughter named Gracie, and live happily in an expensive house.
Six years later, Slim discovers Mitch has been repeatedly cheating on her with seemingly no remorse whatsoever. When she threatens to leave, he beats and threatens her. Mitch insists that because he is the breadwinner, he can do whatever he likes, and he will not end his affair unless she wants to fight him. Mitch warns her not to leave, stating that he refuses to live without her.
Slim goes to Mitch's mother about the abuse. She consoles Slim briefly, but implies that she may have provoked Mitch's reaction, and that he has a history of abuse. Her best friend Ginny advises her to leave him and press charges, but the police cannot assist.
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Crew
- Written by: Nicholas Kazan
- Cinematography: Rogier Stoffers
- Edited by: Rick Shaine
- Music: David Arnold
- Production design: Doug Kraner
- Produced by: Rob Cowan, Irwin Winkler
Cast
- Jennifer Lopez as Slim Hiller
- Billy Campbell as Mitch Hiller
- Tessa Allen as Gracie Hiller
- Juliette Lewis as Ginny
- Dan Futterman as Joe
- Noah Wyle as Robbie
- Fred Ward as Jupiter
- Christopher Maher as Phil
- Janet Carroll as Mrs. Hiller
- Bill Cobbs as Jim Toller
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Winkler Films
- Budget: $38,000,000
- Box office: $51,800,000
- Themes: husband wife relationship, waitress, self-defense, violence against women, stalking, domestic violence, hiding, physical abuse, name change, henchmen
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