It seems that her rich, orphaned boyfriend, Embry (CHARLIE HUNNAM), disappeared two years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Lack of any financial activity on his part had led most people to think he's dead, but Lt. Bill Stayton (FRED WARD) has just assigned Det. Wade Handler (BENJAMIN BRATT) to look into the case once again.
A recovering alcoholic, Wade has his own problems, but starts his investigation that obviously leads directly to Katie. She doesn't have time to deal with an issue that she believes to be closed, but his perseverance and her sudden sightings of someone who looks a great deal like Embry eventually change her mind.
Katie's friends Sam (ZOOEY DESCHANEL) and Amanda (GABRIELLE UNION) realize that Katie is seemingly starting to fall for Handler. Although she starts to agree with them, she must deal with the investigation, a friend, Harrison (GABRIEL MANN), who's fallen for her, an odd girl in the library, Mousy Julie (MELANIE LYNSKEY) who seems to have a secret, and thoughts that she might be overstressed or possibly losing her mind as her sightings of and eventual encounters with Embry increase.
A person separately kills two people with the same sort of blow to the head, while a young man gets a bit rough with a young woman. Other bad attitudes are also present. Some of those scenes and some standard suspense ones may be unsettling or tense to some viewers (and include several "jump scenes"). Various students drink (some a great deal to the point of intoxication and having a hangover), a cop is noted as being a recovering alcoholic, and there's some brief drug use and conversations about drugs.
If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, full strobe effects occur for several minutes in a scene after a party.
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(2002) (Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Extreme
Mild
Extreme
Moderate
Minor
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Minor
Mild
Heavy
None
Mild
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
None
Mild
Moderate
Heavy
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Reviewed October 14, 2002 / Posted October 18, 2002
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