025. Drew Peterson: Untouchable

025. (21 Jan) Drew Peterson: Untouchable (2012, Mikael Salomon) 54



Salomon is something of an auteur when it comes to making ridiculously entertaining telefilms. He plays this Drew Peterson biopic as camp at every possible turn. I suppose there's nothing fun about domestic violence, but there's something inherently enjoyable watching Rob Lowe gets a bowl of cereal pelted at him. Lowe is deliciously sleazy in the role, maybe a little too goofy to be menacing. Because Lowe's interpretation is so charismatic and silly, he makes Peterson a weirdly relatable, even likable character.

503. Flirting with Forty

503. (31 Dec) Flirting with Forty (2008, Mikael Saloman) 51



Flirting with Forty is slightly better than most Lifetime movie romances, not that I'm any great expert on the genre, but there's something rather fiendishly delightful in the tongue-in-cheek nature of the script. For those who expect plot twists, the supporting characters serve as red herrings or mouthpieces for that audience. After Heather Locklear hooks up with Robert Buckley, 13 years her junior and lacking any motivation to find her romantically appealing, one of her friends insinuates he'll become her stalker before eventually murdering her. This suggests that the film is self-aware even if it's still like a vapid romance novel for the most part. Saloman, who did spectacular work as the cinematographer on The Abyss, continues to prove himself one of TV's most stylish directors even if he's limited in how well he works with actors.