Caught

1996

Drama / Thriller

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1823 1.8K

fish market drifter jealous husband delivery service neo-noir wife beater

Plot summary

A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the couple in ways they didn't expect. Things get tense when the drifter begins an affair with the woman of the house.

Director

Robert M. Young Photo
Robert M. Young

Top cast

Maria Conchita Alonso Photo
Maria Conchita Alonso as Betty
Edward James Olmos Photo
Edward James Olmos as Joe
Joseph D'Onofrio Photo
Joseph D'Onofrio as Crack Dealing Kid
Bitty Schram Photo
Bitty Schram as Amy
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1012.98 MB
1280*772
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 6
1.84 GB
1792*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by NewEnglandPat 6 / 10

Good film stumbles at the finish line

Fine drama borrows its theme liberally from the classic "The Postman Always Rings Twice" but manages to establish its own identity in the style of the noir thrillers of the past. A fish seller and his wife take in a wayward drifter who learns the ropes of the business and becomes the odd note of the triad, at the market and in the home. Edward James Olmos and Maria Conchita Alonso, husband and wife team, give young hunk Arie Verveen the sense of family he never had and soon Alonso and Verveen find a way to consummate their subtle but growing passion for each other right under Olmos' unsuspecting nose. An unannounced visit by Hollywood wannabe comic son Steven Schub kicks the drama into higher gear but an unsatisfying ending ruins what was up to that point an interesting movie with its myriad and complex threads of family life. Music score is nice and the end credits are highlighted by a jazzy, moody trumpet solo.
Reviewed by jotix100 8 / 10

Triangle

We saw this indie film when it made its commercial debut. The other night it was shown on cable and we decided to take another look. Directed by Robert M. Young, and based on a novel and screen play by Edward Pomerantz, "Caught" is an erotically charged movie.Joe and Betty feel sorry for the young man who seems to be a drifter and employ him to work in their fish store in New Jersey. Betty, who is obviously a sexually repressed woman, finds in the new man the excitement she is sorely lacking in her marriage. When their son Danny returns from the West Coast, things take a turn as this is a doomed romantic triangle from the start.Mr. Young, the director has gotten excellent acting all around from the cast. Edward James Olmos is Joe. Maria Conchita Alonso is Betty a woman of a certain age who discovers pleasure with a younger man. Arie Verveen, is Nick the young man who is the object of Betty's passion."Caught" is worth a look, as it won't disappoint the viewer who stumbles into it.
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