Unfortunately for Norman, one of the women he's been seeing, Dori, is starry eyed about finally meeting a good man. When she convinces him to go away for the weekend together, Norman's co-worker tells him it's a bad idea. Too bad Norman didn't listen since not only does Dori intend to celebrate their two month anniversary (unless you're in junior high or newly married, this is a bad sign), but she's also intending to declare her love for him and introduce him to her family. Again, a bad sign when you've only known your date two months and they are generally noncommittal regarding spending time with you.
Combining Misery and Fatal Attraction with some humor that falls flat, it's impossible to feel sympathy for any of the characters. Womanizer Norman treats women poorly so when Dori gets mad, you can see her point. But you don't care about Dori, even though she's been treated badly, because she's so desperate and pathetic, and then once rejected she goes psycho.
And damn it Norman, why didn't you just get the hell out of there when you had the chance? The drive up and first night told you everything you need to know without even getting into psychotic territory. Geez! When you woke up after sleeping alone in the attic, she introduced her family and you discovered she'd sawed off your Porsche's steering wheel, you should have been alarmed, not just angry. This is not normal behavior.
High point of the film is Charlotte Rae as Dori's grandma, especially since all I can think of is that she's Ms. Garrett which makes it even weirder.
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