False Pretenses
2004 · 86 min · Director: Jason Hreno
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,
Emotional fingerprint
False Pretenses (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 30%, Guilt 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Tension30%
- Guilt25%
- Excitement20%
- Satisfaction15%
- Sadness10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Guilt, Excitement. Genres: Thriller, Drama, TV Movie. AI estimate.
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Cast
Mitchell Thomson
Fred The Manager
Laura
Donelle
Chandra
Details
- Directed by
- Jason Hreno
- Written by
- Tom Swale
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2004
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Country
- United States of America, Canada
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Tension
- Data updated
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