Someone to Watch Over Me

The concept in a story about two people from two different walks of life getting involved in a love affair that will consume them, is not exactly new in mainstream movies. If one adds to the concept two attractive players... Full review

Brooklyn Detective Tom Berenger is assigned to watch over socialite Mimi Rogers after she witnesses a brutal murder where a high profile Mafioso is involved. Berenger gets caught between two worlds; the upper class one he takes a liking to and... Full review

Hes one of my favorite actorss.Most of his popular hit films where in the 1980s. He can do comedy and drama. He is serious when he does both. This is the only detective film im aware of him doing.... Full review

A highly stylized crime thriller that also manages to work as a tale of adulterous romance in addition to an effective parable of the culture clashes that are apparent between the upper and lower classes. This is a film with... Full review

In Queens, Mike Keegan (Tom Berenger) is celebrating with his wife Ellie (Lorraine Bracco), his son Tommy and friends his recent promotion to detective in a precinct in Manhattan. Meanwhile, in a fancy club, the socialite Claire Gregory (Mimi Rogers)... Full review

We've seen the script a hundred times if we've seen it once; happily married cop assigned to stand guard over a beautiful woman, cop falls in love with woman, etc. The difference with this one is that it actually works,... Full review

A Manhattan socialite (Mimi Rogers) accidentally witnesses a murder. The killer (Andreas Karsulas) spots her but she escapes. A detective (Tom Berenger), with a loving wife (Lorraine Bracco) and kid, is assigned to watch over her. They (understandably) become attracted... Full review

Solid thriller about a NYC detective protecting a rich socialite from the killer that she saw in the commission of a murder. Tom Berenger, Mike Keegan, is great as a NYC cop, sporting a very good New York City working-class... Full review

I saw this movie when I was younger and for some reason it always stuck with me. I'll always remember the music (the title song as well as the classical pieces used throughout), the vestibule of Mimi Roger's apartment palace,... Full review

As other reviewers have noted, the story is none too special, quite generic. But even a generic story can be made memorable by good writing, good acting, and good directing; this movie has all three of those. Tom Berenger as... Full review

With its stunning cityscapes and Chanel-ad surreality, "Someone to Watch Over Me" shows off director Ridley Scott's extraordinary visual artistry. Berenger plays a happily married cop who becomes sexually involved with a homicide witness from the Upper East Side. ... Full Review

And yet "Someone To Watch Over Me" does contain one element of extraordinary interest. That is the character of the cop's wife, played by Lorraine Bracco with great force and imagination. I am not talking here in moral terms, but in story terms. ... Full Review

All of this sounds more exciting than it is, and while the film fails to generate much suspense, the love story and Mike's dilemma are interesting. ... Full Review

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Send to a friend I like jazz, but I'm far from an aficionado--which is why I never heard of Chris Botti.But I'm happy to have made his acquaintance via Blu-ray on "Chris Botti Live with Orchestra & Special Guests." ... Full Article