Taglines: The most twisted Christmas ever.
Reckless movie storyline. Relentlessly cheerful and hopelessly optimistic Rachel’s seemingly perfect life is upended one Christmas Eve when her husband Tom announces he has taken a contract out on her life but is having second thoughts about his decision to do so.
Wearing only a nightgown and slippers, she hastily leaves her Connecticut home in a blizzard to escape the fate he planned for her. She is rescued by Springfield, Massachusetts social worker Lloyd, who brings her home to his deaf, mute, paraplegic wife Pooty. Rachel moves in with the couple and begins working with Lloyd at Hands Across the Sea, a charitable organization dedicated to helping the disabled.
Eventually Rachel discovers both Lloyd and Pooty harbor secrets, his about a family he destroyed and abandoned, hers concerning a deception that has guaranteed her a life of ease and comfort. The trio’s tranquil existence dissolves the following Christmas, and Rachel and Lloyd find themselves on a cross-country odyssey that takes them through numerous towns named Springfield, dogged by disaster. Lloyd’s kindly facade shatters, and Rachel encounters a number of odd characters, including a less-than-helpful therapist and Tim Timko, the host of a television game show.
Reckless is a 1995 American dark comedy film directed by Norman René and starring Mia Farrow, Tony Goldwyn, Juana Barrios, Mary-Louise Parker, Mike Heibeck, Vee Brown, Jack Gilpin, Scott Glenn, Deborah Rush, Debra Monk, Joanne Krispin and Lisa Krispin. The screenplay by Craig Lucas is based on his 1983 play of the same title.
Reckless (1995)
Directed by: Norman René
Starring: Mia Farrow, Tony Goldwyn, Juana Barrios, Mary-Louise Parker, Mike Heibeck, Vee Brown, Jack Gilpin, Scott Glenn, Deborah Rush, Debra Monk, Joanne Krispin, Lisa Krispin
Screenplay by: Craig Lucas
Production Design by: Andrew Jackness
Cinematography by: Frederick Elmes
Film Editing by: Michael Berenbaum
Costume Design by: Walker Hicklin
Set Decoration by: Daniel Boxer
Art Direction by: Philip Messina
Music by: Stephen Endelman
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for complex psychological themes and some disturbing images.
Distributed by: The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release Date: November 15, 1995
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