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Actors: Meg Tilly, Rob Lowe, Doug Savant, John Glover
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Masquerade |
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Sweet, unassuming millionairess Olivia Lawrence (Tilly) has just lost her mother and is feeling lonely. She detests her scheming stepfather Tony (Glover)who enjoys making her life miserable. Olivia meets smooth talking, charming yacht captain Tim Whalen (Lowe) and begins a relationship with him although Tim has not been completely honest with her.
When Tony comes home unexpectedly from a trip and finds Olivia and Tim in bed together, he attacks her and in fear for her life and Tim's, she shoots and kills him. Olivia and Tim decide to tell the local police that Olivia was home alone asleep when her stepfather came home and attacked her so she shot him in self defense. However Olivia's old school friend, police officer Mike McGill, (Savant) has his suspicions. Soon after Tim and Olivia get married. When Tim dies a few months later in a explosion on board Olivia's boat, Mike tries to be of comfort to Olivia but she soon finds out the sordid truth- that the three men- Tim, Tony and Mike- were all in on a devious plan to get their hands on Olivia's fortune, a plan that went terribly wrong.
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Masquerade |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romancing for business purpose
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- swimming on
- sail boat
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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