Masquerade

1988

1h 31m

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5.6/10

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A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.

Directors

Bob Swaim

Writers

Dick Wolf(screenplay by)

Stars

Rob Lowe

Meg Tilly

Kim Cattrall

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Tim Whalen

Olivia Lawrence

Brooke Morrison

Mike McGill

Tony Gateworth

Anne Briscoe

Lt. Wacker

Granger Morrison

Tommy McGill

Harland Fitzgerald

Theodore Cantrell

Aunt Eleanor

Uncle Charles

Sam

Mortician

Cop #1

Sedgewick

Mrs. Chase

Directors

Bob Swaim

Writers

Dick Wolf(screenplay by)

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**_Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to…_** A wealthy heiress in the Hamptons (Meg Tilly) falls for a handsome yacht captain (Rob Lowe), but there are human vultures seeking her fortune. John Glover plays her jerk stepfather while Doug Savant is on hand as a friend from her youth who’s also a local police officer. "Masquerade" (1988) is a ‘hip’ drama/romance with crime thrills and sweet Long Island locations, not to mention sailing sequences. It bombed at the box office because the studio was in chaos and the president’s wife hated “all that sex,” which resulted in Lowe not starring in another studio film for years. Aside from Meg on the female front, there’s Kim Cattrall as the yacht-owner’s adulterous wife and Dana Delany as the girlfriend of the stepfather. There are a couple of R-rated sex sequences and the corresponding nudity. As a plus, there’s a good message on the power of love to redeem a person from corruption. But there’s just so much duplicity going on it’s hard to relate to most of the characters. It’s almost comical how the heiress remains blitheful while evil people are swooping all around her. More reality and less movie-isms would’ve made for a better film. Still, it’s worth checking out if the above piques your interest. It runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot on Long Island (Riverhead, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island, Southampton Village and Broadview) with some bits in Manhattan. GRADE: B-

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