Kevin Spacey is just a really good psychopath. I think it's because he doesn't have to be all in-your-face about it. He can quietly go about his business and when you turn around, you realize how twisted he is. If you're lucky. This movie, while perhaps not the best, is a pretty good example of that.
Here, Spacey plays Eddy Otis, a seemingly successful guy in the suburbs who is always ready to share everything he has - even, it seems, his wife. Initially, neighbor Richard Parker (Kevin Kline) thinks Otis is a little wacko, but over time, he slowly becomes curious, until one day he gives in entirely.
Once he does, he wakes up the next morning to find out that Otis' wife has been murdered, and he is now the prime suspect. Woops.
What follows then is a rapid downfall as Eddy moves in on Richard's wife, and takes her away, so Richard tries to figure out just what happened. Of course, nothing is as it seemed, including the wife's death.
After a little poking around, Richard finds the wife, and tracks down Eddy, becoming something of a psycho himself. Perhaps not the best movie ever, but not bad for the genre, either. Talent such as this probably could have done better.
Rated R for sexuality, and for violence and language.
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