Tempted (2001)

	Directed by: Bill Bennett	COUNTRY Australia/France/USA GENRE Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Tempted RUNNING TIME 95 minutes
	Produced by: Bill Bennett Jennifer Bennett Larry Katz David Kronemeyer
	Written by: Bill Bennett

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Charlie LeBlanc	Burt Reynolds	½
Lilly LeBlanc	Saffron Burrows
Jimmy Mulate	Peter Facinelli	½
Dot Collins	Mike Starr
Byron Blades	George DiCenzo

Review

Burt Reynolds looked spooky with his new facelift, but no one can take away his first-rate timing in line delivery, and his character in this semi-clever thriller from writer/director Bill Bennett is aptly creepy and unpredictable. The plot is quite intriguing: a rich old man hires a handsome young carpenter to test the fidelity of his beautiful young wife. There's money, power, and sex on the table, and the performers revel in Bennett's seething New Orleans atmosphere. Burt's surprisingly effective voice-over at the start of the film gives us a backdrop of sweaty summers and secretive swamps, and Bennett's persuasive presentation makes most of the film's more or less preposterous suggestions seem believable, even downright irresistible.