Katherine Heigl Ex-Wife From Hell in “Unforgettable”
By Skip Sheffield
Katherine Heigl is a first-class bitch. That is meant as a
compliment.
Her hair bleached a ghostly white, Heigl plays Tessa
Connover, the ex-wife from Hell in this movie by producer-turned director
Denise Di Novi.
Tessa’s ex-husband David (Geoff Stults in perpetual stubble)
has fallen for Julia Banks (Rosario Dawson) and has decided to marry her. Tessa
is having none of it. Using her daughter Lily (Isabella Kai Rice) as a pretext,
Tessa barges in regularly to her former home to needle and harass her successor. Then she
gets really crazy.
Yes, Christina Hobson’s story goes off the deep end when
Tessa breaks into David’s house and steals stuff to incriminate Julia. It is
fun watching Katherine Heigl’s increasing madness. You just know Julia will
finally pop and there will be an ultimate cat fight. “Unforgettable” is so over
the top it becomes a comedy. Do real people act this way? Sadly, sometimes yes.
Don’t ask me how I know.
Much has been written about how difficult and unlikeable actress Katherine Heigl is. That may well be true, but when she channels it into a
screen role, she is a force to be reckoned with. “Unforgettable” is an unapologetically melodramatic film. It also answers the question “Whatever happened to Cheryl
Ladd?” She plays Tessa’s mom.
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