Masquerade (1988)

Touches You

One of my all time favorites.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

"Masquerade" is a movie about wealth and its destructive partner in crime, greed. Meg Tilly is 'Olivia Lawrence', the young rich heiress who seems to have finally found her perfect man, but not everybody is who they appear to be.Bob Swaim's thriller is very slick and modern, having its share of sex and violence. Yet to his credit, our director allows the film's plot to dot the bulk of the work. The script is well balanced, and contains enough twists to keep its audience guessing.Topping it all off is Meg Tilly's fine performance. Also starred Rob Lowe, Kim Cattrall, Doug Savant and John Glover. Intriguing.Saturday, August 8, 1992 - Video

This was an interesting movie and interesting plot twists. I enjoyed Meg Tilly and Rob Lowe, and thought they both added much to the movie. Movies of this time period are pretty much over acted, and seem boring but this one was one that fun to watch and try to figure out what was going to happen next. I have to say I am usually pretty good at seeing plot twists, but I never saw these coming. I enjoyed the scenery and enjoyed the large sail boats and the opening scene with the sail boat race. I found myself looking at the styles of the ladies clothing and hairdos and was enjoying a look back at the styles of twenty years ago and remembering them.

Ok.. This movie stars Rob Lowe(The West Wing), Meg(whatever happened to) Tilly, John Glover( in his A**hole role that he always does well but looks creepy and Doug Savant ( which is best known as the gay guy off of Melrose Place. I remember watching this movie back when it first came out and decided to rent it again after all those years. The Guy who wrote this movie, Dick Wolf is a great writer and he must have been testing out his sea legs with this trash. Meg Tilly acts and sounds like she's on drugs, Rob Lowe acts devilish along with John Glover who by the way looks like his hairstylist had a little too much fun with his hair and Doug Savant APPEARS to be the nice guy.*****SPOILER ALERT********************* Rich Girl graduates college, Rich Girl comes home gets a wonderful greetings from her Cop Friend and her horrid stepfather who lives off of her bankroll because her mother had a very bad attorney. Rich Girl meets Bad Boy Sailor. Stepfather appears to hate Bad Boy Sailor, and in a fit one night barges in when Rich Girl and Bad Boy are in bed. Bad Boy shoots stepfather, Rich Girl covers up, Cop Friend immediately suspects Bad Boy, Stepfather's Girlfriend hangs self and to celebrate Rich Girl gets married to Bad Boy Sailor and finds out she is pregnant with Child and we then learn the truth about her Bad Boy Sailor when we see a great photo op on the wall at the cop's place. We then realize Cop is the Bad Cop, and the Bad Boy Sailor wants to play the good guy all because his hit is pregnant.. AW.. we feel sorry for him.. NOT.... This movie could have been better if the writer rewrote the Bad Boys and the plot a little differently. The movie ends on a surprise bad note and leaves you wishing that one of the characters ended up alive... If you watch.. beware because this movie can be watched in 10 minutes on fast foward and you can get the whole movie that way in less time so you don't end up disappointed.

Okay, could Rob Lowe be more naked in more movies? That said, this isn't bad it all. It's very Dick Wolf in the incredible number of switchbacks the storyline endures, but essentially compelling and capable of retaining surprise. The end is ham-handed at best, and Jennifer Tilly is essentially a cardboard cut-out good girl with her little lace collars. Both Rob Lowe and Doug Savant are competent and almost complicated as prominent figures in the heiress' life. Rob Lowe is perfect for the role, although the director doesn't make the most of either his complexity or his simplicity, whichever way you choose to see it. Doug Savant is especially sharp, but his character's emotional motivation is never clear and the extent of his involvement remains murky. (For example, did the mother die accidentally or on purpose?)