Compromising Positions

Director Frank Perry brings Susan Issacs' comedic whodunit novel to the screen with Susan Sarandon as a Long Island housewife who tries to escape her deadening suburban life by trying to solve the murder of a philandering local dentist. The dentist, Bruce Fleckstein (Joe Mantegna), is the kind of ...more

The screenplay for Compromising Positions has all the ingredients for a delightful murder mystery-comedy. There's an amusingly despicable murder victim, a long list of could've-done-its, a spunky and determined amateur sleuth, a seasoned crime professional, and an interesting (although determinedly non-exotic) setting. Unfortunately, the screenplay also includes a number of characters who are not entertaining enough to make up for their essential unpleasantness (and therefore come across as ...more