This modern film noir is the kind of movie that book-compilers give two and a half stars because they don't quite know what to make of it. It's strange, almost ludicrous, but never quite. One of a kind and that's for sure. Tommy Lee Jones is a run-down private eye who's hired by a (literally) haunted man to find the ghost of his dead wife (she's been trailing him) and buy her off with the jewels he stole from her grave. At least, we think this is what happens. No mistaking what happens when Jones meets steamy Virginia Madsen and can't believe she's a ghost. The poor sap falls heavily. Then he finds out the truth... but is it the whole truth? Although you may not understand it all, there's lots of emotional power in the exchanges between Jones and the voluptuously blonde Madsen - shot by the director in tight, glossy closeup (it was originally made for cable TV) with dark backgrounds. 'And you had the best of her,' she whispers, `all the best of her.' But does he? Even though this one loses its drive three-quarters of the way through, it remains different. Jones and Madsen are both good.


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