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Synopsis: When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that her husband of many years has been leading a double life. Her strength of character and faith keep her going as the revelation of her husband's betrayal threatens to destroy all that they have known.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Bill Duke
Production: Reel Diva Consultants
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
30
Rotten Tomatoes:
0%
PG-13
Year:
2007
98 min
Website
77 Views


and-and, yes, she was trippin'.

Yes, she was high.

But, Zahara...

some of that stuff

that girl said to me-

- I don't know. It got to me.

- Pull over, Val.

You been takin' pictures

of Dutch all this time?

Baby, I know how painful this is...

but it's time you knew the truth.

For the sake of-

Thanks, Doc.

- I'll see you next week.

- Thank you.

Baby, wh-

What are you doin' here?

What's wrong?

Surprise.

So, you at the office, huh?

- I'm always at the office.

- Not always. Mm-mmm.

Saturday, you said

you had an appointment.

Here you are

walkin' out of a restaurant.

I had a business lunch with Kevin,

goin' over some clinic finances.

Why don't you just ask me?

There's a logical explanation for-

And why are you talking on a pay phone

when you got two cell phones...

except but to keep it

off your call log?

- My battery was dead.

- Both of them?

- You wanna check my call log?

- I should.

- Monday, you were workin' out with the guys?

- Yeah.

Here you are comin' out of a hotel.

And these pictures here

with Monica-

Do you hug and kiss

on all your patients?

I was consoling her.

It wasn't anything like that.

It wasn't anything like that?

Dutch, come on.

You think I'm stupid?

Answer it. Answer it.

Val, you're paranoid, you know.

- Why don't you take a Valium?

- Don't play psychiatrist with me.

Who's callin' you?

- It's probably a patient.

- Okay.

- Let me see the caller I.D.

- Come on, Val.

You sleepin' on the couch.

In my house-

the house I'm payin' for?

You don't wanna sleep on the couch?

I'm gonna take Nicole,

and we gonna move back to Atlanta.

I guess I'm sleepin' on the couch then.

You happy now?

Am I happy?

Val.

Thirty-first floor.

Look, you runnin' out of time.

Detective Hicks is being

really patient with you.

But a black woman on death row

doesn't really bother me...

not when I have your fingerprints

all over the murder weapon.

Yes, my fingerprints are

all over that murder weapon...

but I have not seen that gun

in a long time.

Oh, come on, Dwight.

What are you doing here?

Mrs. Mass,

I am not a patient person.

- Jenny? Well, I'll have another triple.

- Okay.

- My son here-

- Hennessy and water. Two.

Jen, what's a pretty girl like you...

doin' workin' in a joint like this

on a Saturday night?

Don't you have a better offer?

Now, I can offer you a whole range of-

No, Mr. Mass.

I think I already heard that offer.

Sorry, Jenny. You know, he old.

- Just-

- Son.

Now...

all marriages have rocky times.

I mean, you can know more

about what women think...

than they know about themselves.

That can lead to "provocatation."

But you're just like your old man.

You're a Mass man.

The last of the Mass men.

And God saved the best for last.

- I don't know about that.

- Yes, yes.

Look at your accomplishments.

You know how proud I am of you?

- Listen. Dad, listen-

- Mm-hmm! Mm-hmm!

- Now, I brag-

- Dad, listen to me. Listen to me.

- Now-Now, I want you to listen to-

- Dad, listen to me.

- I brag to my buddies about you.

- There's something I wanna talk to you about.

- Listen to me. I wanna talk to you about

something. - I brag to them all the time.

Who else got a kid who's an M. D?

This-This is my son here!

- This one! Here he is!

- That's right.

- Here he is! All right.

- Sit down, Dad.

- Let me- Let me talk to ya.

- Come on.

You been places I could only see.

I want you to look at what

you've done for your family.

They are never gonna be in need.

Look at the example

you are settin' for your daughter.

I am proud of the man you've become.

Jenny.

- Is it something I said?

- No.

- If I say it to you differently,

will you listen to me? - No.

How about if I sing to you, baby?

Now that is a hard, cold woman.

But I'm not gonna give up.

Mass man.

What is it you want to ask me, Son?

What is it? Come on now.

Come on out with it.

All right. Well, um-

Man, it's nothin'.

Just anxiety, you know?

Just Val and me

not gettin' on and-

It-It's nothin'.

It's nothin'.

Two young people in love, rich.

It's all gonna work out, Son.

Right here. Mm-hmm.

- I love you, Son.

- I love you, Pops.

Come- Hey, come on, man.

Sit down. Sit down. Sit down.

- Mr. Chambers will be down momentarily.

- Okay.

Girl, why is my first photo shoot

with Ryan Chambers?

'Cause this is gonna look

great on your rsum.

- Trust me. This is good for you.

- Good for me too.

# Hey, ladies #

#What we gonna do about it #

# Please tell me again #

# Our friendship #

# Man and woman #

# Somethin' not right about it ##

Don't be intimidated.

I know it's your first time shootin' a star.

I won't bite you-

unless you request it.

Ryan.

I have got another appointment, so-

I have got to go.

- Mmm. Too bad.

- Ready?

Do I look ready?

You always look ready,

my brother.

Nice suit.

So, this how you want me?

Look up. Let me see your eyes.

# They don't like my money #

Open your jacket

a little bit so I can see.

Now loosen up the tie.

Loosen up the tie a little.

Yeah.

Turn around a little.

Now give it to me from-

There you go.

It was beautiful.

Open your eyes.

Give me some of the eye-

Okay, Ryan, give me, uh-

Give me a profile.

Thank you. I think we got it.

- That was great. Thank you so much, Ryan.

- But I'm not finished yet.

I think we got some good shots.

You should be happy.

No. I got somethin' else in mind.

You just keep shootin'.

For real. We got

some really good shots.

I'm thinking about using this

for my album cover. You just keep shootin'.

All right, but it's your time

and your money.

What are you doin'?

Mmm.

How's it look on me?

Yo. Give that back to me, please.

Just let me read your palm.

I'm really good at this.

I think a life-altering experience

about to happen in about 15-

- What are you do,Stop. Get your hands off me!

- What are you doin'?

- What's up, dog?

- Dutch, what are you doing here?

- What are you doin' here?

- I'm doin' a job. It's a photo shoot.

- Just stay away from my wife!That's my wife!

- Dutch!

- It's all good, dog!

- You stay away from my wife! You hear me!

- Stay away from my wife!

- Dutch! Let's go.

Get your hands off me!

What is this, payback? Huh?

Payback? Ain't nothin'

goin' on between me-

He's standin' over there

half naked with a smile.

- Don't tell me you ain't tryin' to do nothin'!

- It's a job!

- I ain't tryin' to get with that man!

- This is your job?

- On my job!

- You are a wife, and you are a mother!

Oh, I'm your wife?

You rememberin' that now, huh?

That's what this is about-

Monica. Let me tell you something.

- Monica was just a friend.

- Hello? What about your equipment?

I don't give a damn about that equipment.

Zahara will get it next week.

This ain't over.

You sayin' that's how

the earrings got in the room.

Who leaves earrings

when they commit a murder?

Maybe murder wasn't

option number one.

Juries want cases that make sense-

in case you haven't noticed- and so do voters.

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Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

Aaron Rahsaan Thomas is an American television and film screenwriter and producer, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Thomas was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, and attended the Pembroke Hill School in nearby Kansas City, Missouri. Thereafter, he attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, where he remained afterward and lives today. Thomas began his professional career as a writer's assistant on the TV series Soul Food. Since then, he has written and produced episodes for other TV series, including Friday Night Lights, Numb3rs and CSI:NY. His feature film screenwriting credits include Weapon, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Cover, directed by Bill Duke. In 2006, Thomas was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for his work on the first season of Friday Night Lights. The following year, the Writers Guild of America nominated him for its Best Dramatic Series award for his work on the second season of Friday Night Lights. He was nominated for the same award the next year for his work on the third season of Friday Night Lights. Thomas additionally has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards for his work on Friday Night Lights. more…

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