There were many plot failures, which make the entire story impossible in this country:
As an emergency physician, I know that it is very difficult to get someone involuntarily committed, even after a failed suicide attempt. Spouse abuse is not a reason for psychiatric hospitalization. It takes more than one physician to commit and, by law, one cannot be confined over 72 hours without a hearing. Voluntary commitments are much easier and patients can stay as long as they and their insurance allow, also assuming that the psychiatrist says that it is still necessary. Patients cannot be medicated against their will. Objecting to one's incarceration is not a sign of insanity nor is demonstrating hostility at a sanity hearing. The insanity question is not whether someone is mentally ill, but whether someone is a danger to him/herself or others and doesn't comprehend his/her actions, doesn't comprehend right from wrong. Any half-competent psychiatrist would know that Ray was not insane. It wouldn't matter what her psychiatrist said because he wasn't Ray's psychiatrist.
At Ray's hearing, his legal representation was incompetent. It was apparent that his lawyer didn't believe him. Bruises in themselves are not evidence unless someone witnessed how they occurred. There was no attempt to investigate who Sissy really was, where she came from, her hotel bills and so on.
Attorney-client privilege doesn't keep one's lawyer from telling police about a conspiracy to kill someone, assuming that's what Ray whispered to his ex-wife/new attorney. Killing someone while declared insane only theoretically gets you a get-out-of-jail card when you are later on declared no longer insane. In the meantime, what would happen to his business, his living expenses and so on? (A related plot device is hit-man with benign brain tumor kills his intended target and then attributes his behavior to the tumor.)
The movie's moral is never marry someone just because of their looks or because of great sex. Learn who they are first, take your time before you tie the knot, because it's a legal contract that is difficult and expensive to break. If there are significant assets to be brought in, then a prenuptial agreement makes a great deal of sense.
Other than that, the movie was very entertaining assuming you don't think too much about the ridiculous stuff.
As an emergency physician, I know that it is very difficult to get someone involuntarily committed, even after a failed suicide attempt. Spouse abuse is not a reason for psychiatric hospitalization. It takes more than one physician to commit and, by law, one cannot be confined over 72 hours without a hearing. Voluntary commitments are much easier and patients can stay as long as they and their insurance allow, also assuming that the psychiatrist says that it is still necessary. Patients cannot be medicated against their will. Objecting to one's incarceration is not a sign of insanity nor is demonstrating hostility at a sanity hearing. The insanity question is not whether someone is mentally ill, but whether someone is a danger to him/herself or others and doesn't comprehend his/her actions, doesn't comprehend right from wrong. Any half-competent psychiatrist would know that Ray was not insane. It wouldn't matter what her psychiatrist said because he wasn't Ray's psychiatrist.
At Ray's hearing, his legal representation was incompetent. It was apparent that his lawyer didn't believe him. Bruises in themselves are not evidence unless someone witnessed how they occurred. There was no attempt to investigate who Sissy really was, where she came from, her hotel bills and so on.
Attorney-client privilege doesn't keep one's lawyer from telling police about a conspiracy to kill someone, assuming that's what Ray whispered to his ex-wife/new attorney. Killing someone while declared insane only theoretically gets you a get-out-of-jail card when you are later on declared no longer insane. In the meantime, what would happen to his business, his living expenses and so on? (A related plot device is hit-man with benign brain tumor kills his intended target and then attributes his behavior to the tumor.)
The movie's moral is never marry someone just because of their looks or because of great sex. Learn who they are first, take your time before you tie the knot, because it's a legal contract that is difficult and expensive to break. If there are significant assets to be brought in, then a prenuptial agreement makes a great deal of sense.
Other than that, the movie was very entertaining assuming you don't think too much about the ridiculous stuff.