6 reviews
Anna Nicole Revisited
- ccthemovieman-1
- Sep 9, 2008
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I'm a BAD! Bad boy
Justin (Michael Ellison) is a teenager son of former stripper, now billionaire and part time actress Lorelai. She inherited the money from her deceased husband four time older than her. She's just given birth to a daughter when his son suddenly dies during a party broadcast in TV live show. Producer and party goers were brought in for questioning but later released for lacking of evidence. The actress manager and former taxi driver Ronnie (David Cross) along with her sister Jolene drew detectives attention after Lorelei died as well as her sick dog. Who's the murderer?
This remind me Anne Nicole Smith life, ended up tragically shortly before this episode was aired, with the same drug abuse, excessive exposure to media and morbid relationship mother-son. An episode not so enjoyable.
This remind me Anne Nicole Smith life, ended up tragically shortly before this episode was aired, with the same drug abuse, excessive exposure to media and morbid relationship mother-son. An episode not so enjoyable.
Bizarre episode
Peter Bogdanovich makes his second of two appearances as a Hugh Hefner type character on Criminal Intent. The plot is based on the Anna Nichole Smith saga for which you would have had to have lived in a cave to miss the connection.
Anna was one of those characters the media totally creates, she may very well have been our first celebrity bimbo. Kristy Swanson plays the Anna like character who first sees her son die and then she's killed off.
Of course it's the same perpetrator who uses the same method of execution. There's method in the madness, but also the perpetrator is most disturbed.
This episode has some of the most outrageous and bizarre characters ever on a CI show. My favorites are those two spinster sisters, daughters of Swanson's husband by her first marriage. Borrowed straight from those pixalated sisters in Mr. Deeds Goes To Town.
Anna was one of those characters the media totally creates, she may very well have been our first celebrity bimbo. Kristy Swanson plays the Anna like character who first sees her son die and then she's killed off.
Of course it's the same perpetrator who uses the same method of execution. There's method in the madness, but also the perpetrator is most disturbed.
This episode has some of the most outrageous and bizarre characters ever on a CI show. My favorites are those two spinster sisters, daughters of Swanson's husband by her first marriage. Borrowed straight from those pixalated sisters in Mr. Deeds Goes To Town.
- bkoganbing
- May 18, 2016
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A Powerfully Heartbreaking Performance by Kristy Swanson
Kristy Swanson gives the performance of a lifetime in this Law and Order: Criminal Intent episode that is based somewhat on the tragic life of Anna Nicole Smith. Without Swanson's powerful work in this entry in the franchise, it would be a rather lackluster episode indeed. However, her portrayal of the sad, lonely, heartbroken figure is one of the truly remarkable parts she has ever played. Kristy Swanson gives the character of Loreli heart, authenticity, and soul. With the magic of her eyes alone, she expresses the love within the woman, the passion, the burning needs that seemingly can never be fulfilled. It is an unforgettably haunting performance and one which was deserving of an Emmy.
- jlthornb51
- Feb 12, 2018
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Bizarre bombshell
When it comes to Season 6 of 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent', the Goren and Eames episodes tended to fare a lot better in overall standard. The Logan and Wheeler (a pairing that has actually worked fine to me) outings were more variable, there were great episodes absolutely but others didn't work so well. "Bombshell" has a "ripped from the headlines"-like type of story, a type that the franchise more than once did very well in) with echoes of the Anna Nicole Smith case.
"Bombshell" could have been so much better. Not only is it my least favourite of the Logan and Wheeler episodes, with it being the only one to be a misfire, it is my least favourite episode of the inconsistent Season 6. Not everyone is going to agree with this though. Logan and Wheeler are not the problem here, but the massively flawed story execution is what dooms "Bombshell" and if it was going to have echoes of the Anna Nicole Smith story it could have been done with more tact. Personally do not agree with it being rated the same as the vastly superior "Silencer".
Certainly didn't despise it though and there are good things here. The production values as ever are slick and with the right amount of muted grit, the photography doesn't try to do anything too fancy or gimmicky while not being claustrophobic and keeping things simple. The music doesn't overbear with the theme tune still memorable.
The acting is also fine, especially from dryly humorous yet gritty Chris Noth and emotionally shattering and barely recognisable Kristy Swanson. Really liked the team interaction, which was cohesive and connected well.
Sadly, everything else didn't come together. The Anna Nicole Smith case influence just felt like too much too soon when one takes into account the timing at the time, and could have been handled more sensitively. The biggest problem with "Bombshell" is the story, which was very messy and on the wrong side of odd. It can be very contrived, especially the too obvious, truly far-fetched and forced ending, and disorganised. Too much of the content is not delved into deeply enough.
Which made things feel very confused, and with the structure being quite cobbled together in a thrown into a cauldron-like way the coherence is quite low at times. Some of the characters are extraneous and none of them are particularly interesting or well written. Just well worn cliches with underdeveloped and not always logical motives. The script is not taut enough and severely lacks nuance, and "Bombshell" is one of the few episodes up to this stage of the show's run that is not particularly well directed, like they had no idea what to do with the premise.
Overall, bizarre and rather disappointingly mediocre. 4/10.
"Bombshell" could have been so much better. Not only is it my least favourite of the Logan and Wheeler episodes, with it being the only one to be a misfire, it is my least favourite episode of the inconsistent Season 6. Not everyone is going to agree with this though. Logan and Wheeler are not the problem here, but the massively flawed story execution is what dooms "Bombshell" and if it was going to have echoes of the Anna Nicole Smith story it could have been done with more tact. Personally do not agree with it being rated the same as the vastly superior "Silencer".
Certainly didn't despise it though and there are good things here. The production values as ever are slick and with the right amount of muted grit, the photography doesn't try to do anything too fancy or gimmicky while not being claustrophobic and keeping things simple. The music doesn't overbear with the theme tune still memorable.
The acting is also fine, especially from dryly humorous yet gritty Chris Noth and emotionally shattering and barely recognisable Kristy Swanson. Really liked the team interaction, which was cohesive and connected well.
Sadly, everything else didn't come together. The Anna Nicole Smith case influence just felt like too much too soon when one takes into account the timing at the time, and could have been handled more sensitively. The biggest problem with "Bombshell" is the story, which was very messy and on the wrong side of odd. It can be very contrived, especially the too obvious, truly far-fetched and forced ending, and disorganised. Too much of the content is not delved into deeply enough.
Which made things feel very confused, and with the structure being quite cobbled together in a thrown into a cauldron-like way the coherence is quite low at times. Some of the characters are extraneous and none of them are particularly interesting or well written. Just well worn cliches with underdeveloped and not always logical motives. The script is not taut enough and severely lacks nuance, and "Bombshell" is one of the few episodes up to this stage of the show's run that is not particularly well directed, like they had no idea what to do with the premise.
Overall, bizarre and rather disappointingly mediocre. 4/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 17, 2021
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Extra Kristy
- marcusman48
- Oct 12, 2007
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