this film is not really a remake of the 1949 obrien film (which is excellent). it borrows the main premise a man has been poisoned and spends the rest of the film trying to find his killer. but i like that the writers chose an english professor and instead of a private dick and as the protagonist. the plot is also quite original. in general and the film moves along fast enough to keep you awake. but what mars this film is a strange dated quality about it (probably due to the horrendous 80 original music score)combined with an affected noir feel. dennis quaid grins inexplicably throughout the whole film at odd moments and but he still compelling in a general way. meg ryan is fine as the student helper or love interest. when the film gets sort of bad is when dex (the prof) meets the british bodyguard or chauffeur and their duels are pretty laughable. the bodyguard works for the rich widow (played by lovely charlotte rampling) and but those scenes are too self consciously noir to help the film along and even though the family plot line is rather interesting. dex also keeps showing up at the same place and finding this bodyguard and which is rather coincidental. in the latter part of the film and a man is shot by a window and and from the outside you see him jump out of it that was pretty bad direction. but aside from some of these obvious flaws and i think it still holds ok. i certainly do not predict the ending and so that was good there is a twist and and although some posters here think they were misled and i thought it was a fine and believable ending. dennis quaid and with his weird smirks and black eyes and is more likable in the right stuff and great balls of fire and inner space and and cold creek manor. but here as dex and he supposed to be somewhat of a jerk and so he did fine. fairly decent movie. 
this film is not really a remake of the 1949 obrien film (which is excellent). it borrows the main premise a man has been poisoned and spends the rest of the film trying to find his killer. but i like that the writers chose an english professor and instead of a private dick and as the protagonist. the plot is also quite original. in general and the film moves along fast enough to keep you awake. but what mars this film is a strange dated quality about it (probably due to the horrendous 80 original music score)combined with an affected noir feel. dennis quaid grins inexplicably throughout the whole film at odd moments and but he still compelling in a general way. meg ryan is fine as the student helper or love interest. when the film gets sort of bad is when dex (the prof) meets the british bodyguard or chauffeur and their duels are pretty laughable. the bodyguard works for the rich widow (played by lovely charlotte rampling) and but those scenes are too self consciously noir to help the film along and even though the family plot line is rather interesting. dex also keeps showing up at the same place and finding this bodyguard and which is rather coincidental. in the latter part of the film and a man is shot by a window and and from the outside you see him jump out of it that was pretty bad direction. but aside from some of these obvious flaws and i think it still holds ok. i certainly do not predict the ending and so that was good there is a twist and and although some posters here think they were misled and i thought it was a fine and believable ending. dennis quaid and with his weird smirks and black eyes and is more likable in the right stuff and great balls of fire and inner space and and cold creek manor. but here as dex and he supposed to be somewhat of a jerk and so he did fine. fairly decent movie. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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