Perfect Stranger Page #7

Synopsis: Rowena Price is a muckraking reporter for a New York paper. When her story about a closeted gay Senator who preaches family values is spiked, she quits and soon finds herself investigating the grisly murder of a childhood friend. Her friend had been dumped by ad exec Harrison Hill, so he's Rowena's prime suspect. Rowena gets a job at the ad agency as a temp, and she's soon the object of Hill's attentions. She's helped in her subterfuge by Miles Haley, a friend at the paper who has a secret thing for her. Everyone, it seems, has secrets, including Hill, who must keep his affairs from his wife - her money fuels his lifestyle. Murder will out?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Director(s): James Foley
Production: Sony Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
R
Year:
2007
109 min
$23,705,592
Website
1,280 Views


but it'll take a few minutes.

Just take the flash drive out,

we'll do it later. I'm sorry.

Sorry? All you can say is sorry?

-Well, I don't--

-Well, tell me something.

Usually the competition's smarter...

...than to send a beautiful temp

into the boss's office...

...to snoop around on his f***ing

computer to try and find fresh ideas.

-l, well, l--

-No, wait.

Let me see if I can help you.

I am in your office...

...and I really need to come up

with a really honest story.

No. I was really just gonna--

I don't know, tell you the truth.

Go ahead. Give that a shot.

I came in here

because I wanted to leave you a note.

I wanted to do it at the end of the day

when there was nobody here.

I really didn't want everybody

in this office to know...

...that the new girl...

...has got a big crush on the boss.

And what was this little note

gonna say?

Well, it was gonna say

that you're wrong...

...because there's 1 7 restaurants

in this city...

...that make the

Hemingway daiquiri.

Who were you talking to

on the phone?

-Eddie.

-Eddie?

My friend Eddie.

He's a bartender

and he was helping me...

...put together the list.

I realize that I didn't remember

all 1 7 bars...

...so I was calling him for help

and l--

I'm sorry.

-And I'm positive I'm fired.

-Get out.

Here. This is the list of the bars.

-Please get--

-I'm telling you the truth.

This...

...is what I was leaving.

You might wanna...

...check them out.

Hey. This is what you want me

to believe?

That you came in here...

...for this list?

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, you're fired.

Because I don't wanna take you

to dinner...

...as your boss.

I mean, maybe I'll rehire you

in the morning or maybe after dessert.

You can tell me all about this crush

you have on the boss.

Okay.

-I did that?

-Yes, you did that.

-Where you going?

-Wait.

I've gotta go to the bathroom.

I'll be right back.

All right.

-I'll be right back.

-You all right?

All of a sudden I'm not feeling

that good.

I think maybe you should

take me home.

Too much sake, I think.

Which way are we going?

My exit's back there.

How far are you prepared

to take this?

Say your name.

Go ahead. Just say it.

-Katherine.

-Bullshit.

-Katherine Pogue.

-Bullshit.

Bullshit.

Okay. You need to take me home.

Esmeralda was right.

And I didn't want to believe her.

You're a spy for Kirschenbaum,

right?

Answer me!

Don't wanna talk?

Well, I'll tell you what.

How about this?

Let's get your pal M on the phone.

Who the f*** is M?

And why is my name on this text?

Okay.

I'm gonna ask you one more time.

-Are you or are you not a f***ing spy?

-Yes.

-What?

-Yes.

Phelps, right?

You and that scumbag Phelps

the whole time.

From the first day. Right?

How much could they be

paying you?

Are they paying you more

than hooker money?

Because that's what you are, right?

Do you even know what the word

loyalty means?

I bet your wife is wondering

the same thing.

I am so disappointed in you

right now.

But just because you wanna hurt

somebody...

...doesn't mean that you will.

Harrison. I'm sorry. I have--

I've never spied on anybody

like this.

F*** you.

Get out.

Rowena.

Rowena.

Rowena.

Come on, honey.

I wonder where could she be?

Bath time.

No.

Ro, I called you

I called you at H2A,

they said you no longer work there.

I mean, what the f***?

Where are you?

On the way to the rehab center

to see my mother.

Last time I spoke to you was when you

jimmied the lock on Hill's computer.

Any idea of the thoughts

going through my head?

Hill saw the text message

you sent me last night.

-What?

-So I guess we won't be getting...

-...into his computer after all.

-Oh, no.

No, no, no.

No, it's okay.

I'll figure something out.

-Don't worry about it. Are you okay?

-Yeah. I'm good.

Look, can we...

...have an early dinner tonight?

You can bring your laptop and we'll

start putting the story together?

-Okay.

-Okay?

Oh, good. You never say okay,

and that's good. I love okay.

Oh, good.

I'm just glad you're out of there.

Yeah. Me too.

Okay, I'll see you tonight.

-Bye.

-Bye.

Phyllis?

Anybody here?

Hello?

Hi, Mom.

You look pretty.

-Hello, can I help you?

-Oh, yeah, hi.

I'm from lT. I was sent to run the detox

on Mr. Hill's computer.

Fascinating. Wanna know why?

Nobody called lT.

Well, your computer did, sir.

When any computer hooked up

to the grid goes down, it cries for help.

-A cry for help. Have you tried these?

-No.

-There's honey in the center.

-Thank--

-I'm Harrison Hill.

-Benson comma Kurt.

Interesting name.

Let me ask you something.

Could this have anything to do...

...with someone installing spyware

on my computer?

It could have to do with anything...

...but I won't know until I give

your computer a clean scrub.

-I like a good, clean scrub.

-Yeah.

I need about 1 0 minutes in my office,

but in the meantime...

...Josie wouldn't mind

showing you around the office.

Hello, Josie.

Josie, meet Benson comma Kurt.

Esmeralda, can I have those mockups

that Gunnar left someplace, please?

Yes, yes, I know right where it is.

-Follow me.

-Josie.

Come on, Miles.

Sh*t.

Beautiful space.

Beautiful people.

Beautiful pictures. Are those--?

Are those planets?

No, eyes.

Mrs. Hill did a whole series:

"lnside the Dilated Eye."

We have a guest computer.

Take the virtual tour.

It's very informative.

I'll be in my office if you need me.

Oh, thanks. I got locked out.

Miles is sexy.

Miles?

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

"Welcome, Trublu"?

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

Miles is sexy.

-Miles is sexy.

-Can I help you?

What the f***, Miles?

What are you doing in this room?

Well, I heard my voice...

...coming from your computer.

That's what I'm doing.

-It's a joke. That's just a joke.

-Oh, it's a joke, huh?

Well, are all these pictures

on this computer a joke?

Miles is sexy.

Are the pictures of me out there

on that goddamn dummy a joke?

I'll tell you what's funny.

What's funny is the fact that

you said you hadn't seen Grace...

...but yet you got pictures of her

on your computer from October.

Nude pictures, all f***ing chained up

and strapped up and sh*t.

Hey, can we go in the other room

and talk about this?

Let's talk about him. Trublu.

Maybe your pal Trublu

took all these pictures.

Maybe Trublu took all these

f***ing pictures in here.

You freak.

-Wait a minute.

-Go ahead, admit it.

F***ing admit it right now.

You were ADEX.

-Two or three times, yeah.

-Yeah, that's what I thought.

You've been manipulating

this whole thing, haven't you?

Lying to me. F***ing Grace.

Who didn't?

You were trying to set up

Harrison Hill, huh?

Wait a minute. You think that

because of this...

...that I had something to do

with that?

Why wouldn't l? You can't keep

changing your identity, Miles...

...and expect people to trust you.

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Todd Komarnicki

Todd Komarnicki (born 19 October 1965 in Philadelphia) is a playwright, director, producer, screenwriter, and American novelist. He resides in NYC with his wife, Jane Bradbury, and their two children. more…

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