The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

Ruthless and hilarious, this fact-based cable movie goes way over the top in satirizing suburban life-style excess and media overkill. Hunter, complete with whiney Texas twang, is perfect in her role as self-absorbed Wanda and Bridges is great as her loopy ex-brother-in-law and partner in planned homicide. A riot compared to the usual dramatic movies served up by the networks.

Lesser Ritchie. This fits in very nicely with the ongoing tradition of smallscreen productions strongly resembling smaller and uglier cousins of real movies (_Goodfellas_ -> "The Sopranos", _A Christmas Story_ -> "The Wonder Years", etc.). More specifically, this often feels like an inferior version of _Smile_