Never Talk to Strangers

Never Talk to Strangers has high entertainment value, but the ending is a terrible letdown. It may be surprising, but above all it is way out there.

The film tells a crime story about the psychologist Sarah Taylor, who specialises in criminally insane offenders. She has lived alone since a divorce and has so far successfully fended off her good friend Cliff's attempts at conquest, but one day she meets a strange man in a supermarket. He, Tony Ramirez, is the epitome of "the Latin lover" and takes Sarah by storm. At the same time Sarah starts receiving anonymous threats that are more than a little unpleasant. Is there a connection to the mysterious stranger, or has the jealous friend and neighbour taken matters into his own hands? A third suspect is Sarah's father, who has suddenly turned up after a long absence. The screenwriters have opted for an ending that made me think of "Color of Night". Both stories are equally unrealistic.

Not surprisingly, the film trades on the steamy relationship between the slinky DeMornay and the Latino Banderas. The story is evidently so thin that the filmmakers had to make the sex scenes extra long.