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Actors: Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Corbin Bernsen, Joanne Whalley
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Shattered |
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Architect Dan Merrick (Berenger) finds himself suffering from amnesia and facial injuries after being in a terrible car accident in the mountains that almost claimed his life. As he begins to recover and heal, his wife Judith (Scacchi) tries to help him put the pieces of his tattered life back together. However he soon begins to find discrepancies in regards to the things he is told about his former life, by his wife, his business partner Jeb Scott (Bernsen) and Jeb's wife Jenny (Whalley). The two couples had socialized together on a regular basis before Dan's accident. Having nothing but unfounded suspicions to go on, Dan hires private investigator/ pet store owner, Gus Klein (Hoskins) to unravel the mystery of his pre-accident past. Gus is not a stranger to Dan. He had hired him once before, to investigate an alleged affair he believed his wife to be having. (This movie is based on the novel by Richard Neely)
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Shattered |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Brain/Body not working?
- amnesia
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling 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:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
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 breasts
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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