Guilty Party

Matt Roush says...

Kate Beckinsale gives journalism a bad name in this painfully ridiculous dark-comedy/mystery hybrid as brittle Beth Burgess, a disgraced reporter in Colorado who senses a comeback in the story of an incarcerated woman (Jules Latimer) who insists she’s innocent of murdering her gun-running husband. Beth is so self-absorbed it’s hard to empathize when she’s being patronized by a ditzy new boss or being threatened by the criminals she’s snooping around. Even by anti-hero standards, she’s an unusually unpleasant character, guilty of not being the last bit funny or engaging.

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