Fear

Witherspoon, whose big, innocent eyes give her the look of an erotic star child, captures the fragility of all those nice middle-class girls who act out their independence by falling for a danger-zone stud.

...the acting is strong -Petersen is suitably fraught, while Witherspoon ably fills the shoes of the female lead, and even Wahlberg is decent enough..

...the twists and turns of this well-written and directed film will keep the viewer fascinated.