Acting on Impulse


Acting on Impulse is a 1993 American black comedy crime thriller film directed by Sam Irvin and starring Linda Fiorentino, Nancy Allen, and C. Thomas Howell. The film, which is also known under the alternate titles Secret Lives and Eyes of a Stranger, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 3, 1993 before being broadcast by Showtime on July 10, 1993. Adam Ant, Paul Bartel, Isaac Hayes, Charles Lane, Don Most, Zelda Rubinstein, and Dick Sargent make cameo appearances.

Cast

Critical response

The Kansas City Star called Acting on Impulse "perverse fun", while Entertainment Weekly noted it as an "inevitable goofball thriller" and commenting on the relaxed nature of the sexual tension in the film.