Disturbing yet enthralling

Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Masquerade is a nifty tight thriller that's fun, and wonderfully packaged as one with kick, and some real big shocks, nasty twists that sting, all done in an impressive duration of 88 minutes, in an '88 hit surprise, in which so many things happen. Lowe is well cast, and does do the role justice, as a born yachtsman/playboy, trying to work his way up the ranks, by sleeping with hot young wives, and resorting to some deceptive and selfish motives, even graduating to murder. He falls for this young heiress (Tilly) who's very good, hitting the role with honest to god, truth, as an innocent, naive young girl, who's just lost her mother, and is fighting over her fortune with his last pig of a stepfather (excellent, the film's firey star, bedding floozy, Delaney). Yeah, greedy motives, interwoven with jealousy on and betrayal make for this impressive little thriller. Savant is the other second best performance, as the jealous ridden cop, and childhood friend of Tilly's. There's an even aftershock on Lowe's part, an act of retraction, you might say, which was another feature that impressed me like every surprisingly good performance from the cast, in a thriller that's fun, where at the end of the too short duration, we're kind of sad the ride is over.

Pretty film about some scam-artists who try to get their carefully chosen gigolo to marry into money.Rob Lowe has never looked more handsome in the role of a Lothario while the part of the rich chick is played by beautiful Meg Tilly. The story isn't bad and Bob Swaim's precise direction creates suspense to keep things on a sharp edge. The movie is further enhanced by David Watkin's gorgeous cinematography of Hampton Island, John Barry's mellifluous music, and John Kasarda's lavish production design.Interesting from start to finish with some especially poignant twists along the way.

A fortune-hunter meets a rich chick whom he wants to swindle but falls in love with her instead.Rob Lowe is extremely handsome in this familiar but OK retelling of love and deceit with Meg Tilly as Rob's romantic interest and John Glover as Meg's repellent father-in-law.The film has a nice look to it, but unfortunately, some of the supporting actors suck. It's hard to make a story like this particularly interesting when its been done so many times, but Rob and Meg keep it afloat and the eastern shore is very pretty.For the girls in the audience: Rob shows his butt again.

This is one of those movies that I'm glad I saw when it first came out. I remember that the theater was almost empty, but when I was leaving I heard people saying things like, "I never expected to like it that much". Rob Lowe gained credibility as an actor in my eyes with this film(and with another film called Bad Influence).