Review of Fatal Honeymoon (2012) by The Critic ( — 18 Feb 2015

Fatal Honeymoon (2012):

Nadia Tass' made-for-television drama is a competently produced exercise in exploring the curious death of Tina Watson (an empathetic Amber Clayton) on her honeymoon, just eleven days into her marriage. The film sets up the inevitable process of depicting the more publicised aspects of this (at the time) much-discussed event, but falls short because it portrays so-called 'Honeymoon Killer' Gabe Watson (Billy Miller) as the villain from the get-go. Miller is strong but can't break through the two-dimensional restraints of his character as written and therefore the film as a whole doesn't add any significance to the real-life story. Gary Sweet adds some muscle to the proceedings but big-name draw-card Harvey Keitel has unfortunately been better. A mixed bag of hits and misses, this is nevertheless worth a look.