Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Bill Smitrovich
Fact-based story about Jean Harris (Annette Bening), a woman who was accused of murdering famed Scarsdale Diet Dr. Herman (Hi) Tarnower (Ben Kingsley) after being in a relationship with him for 14 yea...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 1, 2006
Stats: 137 reviews
A really bad TV movie. Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley, who are usually great, can't make this work at all. I expected something really good and that's not what I got at all.
A wonderful TV film that is nominated for 12 Emmys this year. The performances were terrific from Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley. Cloris Leachman was great, also. The story wasn't as great as I was hoping since this story has a lot of information to it. It's a popular story and ...( read more)
Wow, I seem to have liked this film more than the average viewer. Yes, it is definitely a TV movie and you can tell, and, knowing something of the real story, I think a few important bits were left out that would have added to the story, but that did not severely impact on my ov...( read more)
For some reason I just wasn't as in to this as I thought I would be.. It is most likely just that I was distracted.. I'll watch it again eventually.. It reminds me of a combination of American Beauty and Running with Scissors.. and I love BOTH of them.. and Ben Kingsley is ...( read more)
Cold. Cruel. No wonder she killed you.
You have no feelings.
OOOH! And that secretary!! Shame on you.
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Ben Kingsley, the wonderful English actor, plays Dr. Herman Tarnower, the victim of Jean Harris' jealousy. Mr. Kingsley's take on this doctor is not convincing. His Dr. Tarnower comes across as a man who had a roving eye for attractive women of a certain class, which is what made him fall for Mrs. Harris, to begin with. According to Ms. Nagy, this doctor had an indecisive nature paying more attention to his mother when she bluntly questions why is he marrying the poor Mrs. Harris.
The opening credits show us how other women, at least in film noir, have dealt with men their own way. What Ms. Nagy's screen play does is to take the viewpoint that maybe Mrs. Harris didn't intend to kill Dr. Tarnower, at all, when the facts of the case tell us she fired a few shots during that fatal encounter.
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