First, it was Kitty. And then, it was Kat. But even a name change could make no difference for a psycho who disrupts everyone's life in "My Killer Client" (a.k.a., "Killer in a Red Dress"). In high school, Kitty had a meltdown when Jake broke off their relationship. She showed up expecting him to take her to the prom, then went ballistic when she learned he had another date. Eventually, Kitty Kat was institutionalized.
Now, sheeeeeeee's baaaaaaaack!!!
Jake is preparing to marry his fiancée Christa, who works in a boutique and aspires to own her own store. She works closely with clients as "a personal shopper," glad-handing, brown-nosing, and getting to know them on a personal basis, then selling them a wardrobe. Christa is a very trusting person, always seeing the best side in people. But nothing has prepared her for a new client who is the Kitty Kat from hell.
Kitty Kat inherited a pharmaceutical fortune, and she spares no expense in her master plan to retake her man from Christa. Along the way, she kills two women, including Elise, the personal shopper who is ahead of her in line for Christa, as well as Christa's bestie, Lindsay.
It was especially the violence of the film and senseless deaths of the two women that made the viewing so unpleasant. Christa, for all her effervescent qualities, was foolish in allowing Kat to enter her life. She was warned about her poor boundaries by Lindsay, yet ignored the advice. Jake told her the unvarnished truth about his experience with the Kat, and she wouldn't listen to him. The saddest part was that Lindsay died trying to protect her friend. At the end of the film, it will ring a little hollow, when Jake tells Christa that Lindsay will be with them "in spirit" at their wedding. That's not much consolation for Lindsay!
Another shallow character was Jake's mother, who allowed Kat to hold a lavish fashion show for her at her foundation. The mother also unwittingly served to enable the psychopathic Kat in her fiendish scheme. It was not surprising that the garish red dress worn by Christa was stolen by Kat, so that she may superficially resemble the woman whom Jake loves. Kat just doesn't get it that she will not advance her life through her own narcissism.
In the denouement, the name of the new boutique of Christa is identified: "Glam Up, Girl." The name is a perfect description of the shallow nature of the store owner, who looks at the outer trappings of life without exploring the inner reality. The most admirable character in the film was Lindsay, who sadly departed this cinematic experience much too early and at far too young an age. She will be with us all in spirit.
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