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Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-ins with a beautiful woman, Karen, and eventually sleeps with her. Though he goes home the next day and doesn't return until a year later, Carlyle's infidelity still lingers.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes34%
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
119 audience votes
Key crew
- Mike FiggisOriginal Music Composer
- Mike FiggisScreenplay
- Mike FiggisDirector
Cast
- Wesley SnipesMax Carlyle
- Nastassja KinskiKaren
- Kyle MacLachlanVernon
- Ming-Na WenMimi Carlyle
- Robert Downey Jr.Charlie
- Marcus T. PaulkCharlie Carlyle
- Glenn PlummerGeorge
- Amanda DonohoeMargaux
- Zoë NathensonMickey
- Thomas Haden ChurchDon
- Vincent WardNathan
- John RatzenbergerPhil
Stills
Themes
friendshipcheatingaidschanceloss of loved oneone-night stand