Movies that know how to mix the dangerous and the erotic often make edgy, highly diverting thrillers, but “Judicial Consent” is too obvious and too conscious of its form. As Martin, gifted character actor Coleman is wasted in an unrewarding role, while Wirth is there mostly to look good as the stranger with a “mysterious” motive. Will Patton, usually brilliant in small, offbeat roles, is miscast here in the underwritten role of Gwen’s bland husband we never get a sense of the kind of marriage the Warwicks have. For instance, lawyers, particularly women, might find offensive a sex scene in Gwen’s office in which she’s shown reaching orgasm while negotiating an important assignment on the telephone. Dark lofts, swinging doors, empty parking lots and so on are all nicely handled, but they’re also familiar to an audience that always seems to be ahead of the pic’s characters.īedelia gives a charming, dominating performance, but the woman she plays is too intelligent and too bright to behave in such a senseless manner. Her marriage is on the rocks and the murder victim is an old.
Though a first-time helmer, Bindley gives his picture a smooth and polished look, displaying some mastery over the genre’s tricks - and visual cliches. overview : Judge Gwen Warwick becomes involved in the murder trial she has been assigned. The courtroom format relies heavily on finely tuned dialogue and unanticipated revelations, but Bindley’s writing, specifically in the court sequences, is borderline banal and the disclosures aren’t particularly suspenseful. Realizing she’s been set up, Gwen begins a desperate race against time to prove her innocence. Soon, what seemed “circumstantial” evidence turns out to be a well-planned murder, with Gwen as the prime suspect. Appeared in music videos "When," by Shania Twain, and "What Would Happen," by Meredith Brooks.When Gwen’s roguish colleague, Charles Matron (Dabney Coleman), “a chronic flirt,” is found dead in his office, she’s asked to preside over the case.Also appeared as a contestant, American Gladiators, syndicated and on MTV Rock 'n Jock B-Ball.Mark Raskin, "Drama Queens," Sex and the City, HBO, 2000 Matthew Tate, "The Witch Is Back," Charmed, The WB, 1998.Kevin Seidel, "Extreme Measures," Martial Law, CBS, 1998.Ted Morgan, "Split Second," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1991.Eddie Tempest, "Hip Hop on the Gravy Train," Wiseguy, CBS, 1989.Eddie Tempest, "High Dollar Bop," Wiseguy, CBS, 1989.Eddie Tempest, "The Rip-Off Stick," Wiseguy, CBS, 1989.Ralphie, "Mama's Boy," The Equalizer, 1985.Johnny, The Ellen Burstyn Show, ABC, 1986.Corby/White Wolf, Children of the Dust (also known as A Good Day to Die), CBS, 1995.
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Wirth born June 23, 1962, in New York, NY father, a lawyer mother, an artist.