“A diabolically clever psychological suspense movie. An assured and daring dramatic feature debut for writer-director Reiss.”
– Kevin Thomas, LA Times
“Jon Reiss’ debut feature is a harrowing yet delicious and often wickedly funny study . . . one of the most unusual power struggles in cinema history.”
– Filmmaker Magazine
“An insidiously clever movie, a variation on those creepy 1960s British classics, ‘The Servant’ and ‘The Collector.”
– John Hartl, The SeattleTimes
“First-time director Jon Reiss evinces indisputable control over his material, which most directly recalls the Pinter-Losey classic ‘The Servant’ in its look at an insidious power shift between unsavory men in a household.”
– Todd McCarthy Daily Variety
A darkly perverse psychological drama about a man who sublimates his life to those around him and the drastic measures he takes in order to regain the illusion of control. Cleopatra’s 2nd Husband is a taut character study set in contemporary Los Angeles.
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