Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

moonspinner55 Writers Richard Levinson and William Link open this drama for CBS very unfairly: a smug, self-assured criminal attorney (Anthony Hopkins) gives a speech on the profitable business of murder to his amused colleagues just before slipping out unnoticed, breaking into his own house and shooting his wife (Blythe Danner). He then fantasizes his own day in court, with himself as both witness and prosecutor. But it turns out the entire opening is a rather elaborate ruse to get our attention; the remaining drama derives from the false-front marriage of this cheating husband--who has also been abusive--and his kissless spouse, both of whom have their reasons for wanting the other eliminated. Stultifying exercise must have looked promising on paper--how else to explain the presence of Hopkins in a made-for-TV movie?--but Columbo would have reached these same conclusions in less than an hour.

treeline1 Arthur Jamison (Anthony Hopkins) is a confident and successful attorney who enjoys a good battle of wits. He decides to off his wife (Blythe Danner) in favor of the latest in a long line of mistresses, and as he pictures various methods, he debates the pros and cons with himself.This 1985 made-for-TV movie is all talk; it's witty and clever but also quite devoid of emotion and gets old after a while. Hopkins is very good in dual roles as Arthur and the devil's advocate with whom he discusses the merits of his plans. Danner plays the wealthy, somewhat scatter-brained matron well, but hers is an unsympathetic role. Swoozie Kurtz is the streetwise, off-beat mistress, an odd choice because she lacks any appeal or chemistry with Hopkins.The movie is almost too clever for it's own good, being one long, somewhat tedious exercise in courtoom "What if? Although it's about murder, there is no suspense and I was glad when it was over. The legal language would certainly be of interest to attorneys and law students, however.It should be noted that this DVD is an extremely poor transfer. It looks like a taped-at-home video. Neither the box nor the movie credits list the production company. If you're a Hopkins fan, it might be worth a look, but expect to be disappointed in the audio-visual quality.

rhoughton Hopkins and Danner are great as the opposing spouses. His conversations with himself are fun to watch, as he tries to work out how to kill his wife. Not so much a whodunit, as a who's going to do it, with a wonderful twist at the end. And don't miss a word of the dialogue.

Phurt For a TV movie, this is awfully good. Hopkins spends much of the movie playing out scenarios of how his murder trial would play out if he killed his wife, with a portrait of his father playing the judge. He goes through different methods of killing her, and plays out the trial until he finds the mistake in his plan. These one-man scenes are very funny, and Hopkins delivers them expertly, as one would expect.