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When a small town is threatened by a child killer, a lady police officer goes after him by pretending to be his friend. As she becomes more and more emotionally involved with the murderer her psyche begins to take a beating causing her to lose focus on the job of catching the criminal. Not a film of high voltage excitement, but solid police work and a good depiction of the faulty mind of a psychotic loser.

Chalk this one up in the win column, this was a superb movie. The acting performances were great and the script was equally great.

Helen Hunt was magnificent as the Riverside police officer Gina Pulasky. Gina was a complex character. She was a rookie cop with the Riverside Police Dept. She ended up in an affair with a coworker that she knew had a wife and kids, all the while she took on the dangerous task of going undercover to catch a serial killer.

Jeff Fahey (the Ray Liotta look alike) did a bang up job as the confused, often stammering, police officer that had an affair with Gina. He was stoic as an officer, but he was quite the opposite when it came to dealing with his feelings and his extra-marital affair.

Steven Weber, most notably from the sitcom "Wings", did a nice job as the quiet, meek, underachieving sociopath. On the surface, he was an innocent loser, but beneath the surface lied a cold-hearted killer. Weber really took on the persona of a childlike young adult with an insatiable thirst to kill young boys.

The entire movie was spectacular. Each scene, each verbal exchange let us know more and more about the characters. The production team did a phenomenal job with condensing days, if not weeks worth of events into a 90 minute movie. This movie was a good example of doing a lot with little.

I just finished viewing this finely conceived, and beautifully acted/directed movie. It was nip and tuck as to whether I was going to waste my time viewing a movie on the Lifetime Movie Network because of the horribly distracting commercials. Reading the earlier comments persuaded me to give it a shot. After all the worst that could happen would be that I might fall asleep during one of the boring yet lengthy bug spray ads. So why did I watch it? mainly because when IMDB gives a movie a "WEIGHTED AVERAGE" OF 5.8 WHO'S STATISTICAL AVERAGE was 7.3 It must be a sure hit.

I was totally delighted to have taken the time to view this movie, commercial pox and all. Helen Hunt continues to amaze me with her ability to take on tough roles adapting her core persona to fit each role.

The portrait she painted in this film of the tough yet perceptively human police officer was beautifully executed. When the scene calls for quick witted, timely delivered verbal intercourse, she can stand toe to toe with any actor. Yet she is adept at the delivery of volumes of emotional response without uttering a word relying only on facial expression and body language. Without the commercials, which by design kill the continuity of any good film, This would have been a real edge-of-the-seat nail-biter. I gave it a 9.0

I was 20 when this movie first came out. It was really good. The characters really sucked you in. Steven Webber was exceptionally awesome, given I had only seen him in comedic roles. This movie really showed his depth as an actor. I had the VHS years ago. Now the movie is on YouTube for free, I downloaded it a few years back. I still watch it. Give it a watch if you can. It is truly a classic. I don't like to give away spoilers, so I will just say, Steven Webber's character will blow you away. He really will have you feeling mixed emotions about him. Someone you would want to confide your secrets in one minute and then, hate the next minute.

Gina Pulasky (Helen Hunt) is a rookie cop in a small town who goes undercover to help catch a suspected child murderer (Stephen Webber).

IN THE COMPANY OF DARKNESS is a superior made-for-TV thriller. There's plenty of suspense, in spite of the fact that the killer's identity is obvious from the beginning. Ms. Hunt is exceptional in her role, taking Officer Pulasky in some unexpected directions. Webber is quietly frightening, playing Kyle Timler as a more unemotional psychopath, rather than the typical bug-eyed maniac. Jeff Fahey gets to play a good guy for a change, and comes across as genuine as Gina's love interest.

This movie is well worth watching all the way through. The finale is especially rewarding...