My Family's Secret

Multiple Personality Disorder receives heavy-handed treatment in another by-the-numbers thriller from director Curtis Crawford and writer Christine Conradt. Consequently, while the story gradually slots together, jigsaw puzzle-style, there are no actual surprises, as devoted wife Nicholle Tom seeks financial help from her mysterious brother-in-law (Philip Riccio) when her husband is hospitalised following a suicide attempt. But her subsequent probing into the siblings' traumatic childhood causes the obviously unbalanced Riccio to unravel, with predictably violent results. The more Tom's unrealistic snooping upsets his mind, the more OTT Riccio becomes, flipping between personalities in an increasingly unsubtle and unsympathetic way. Naturally, it culminates in a big confrontation, though as in many Crawford/Conradt collaborations, it's very rushed and underwhelming, especially compared with the histrionic outbursts that came before.