So Rachel Leigh Cook is a brilliant engineer and comes up with a groundbreaking invention.

The invention is stolen by her sleazy boss who Is sleeping around in the office.

Her brother is a lawyer, so they go in to complain and make their case.

The matter is going to suit, when the sleazebag gets killed, and eventually, all the evidence points to Rachel Leigh Cook, who gets arrested for Murder 1. Her Brother arises for a tenacious defense.

Things get even more complex from there; it's a great, great film!

Definitely watch!

Amanda Collier was a kid with a dream. Her father was a pilot in the military, and he died when he overshot the runway on one of his landings. Years later, his daughter, who graduated at the top of her engineering class at M. I. T., has designed a new aero shield with "variable pitch" that will permit jets to land safer on the tarmac. For Amanda, the invention is her way of arriving at the "Emerald City."

The major conflict of "Stealing Paradise" focuses on a jealous colleague of Amanda at the Lonsdale Aeronautics corporation. After Brendan Cavanaugh hacks her computer and takes credit for her design, the feisty Amanda pushes back with a lawsuit. But suddenly Brendan is murdered, and Amanda is fingered for the crime.

My favorite character in the film was Steve Collier, Amanda's legal eagle brother. The quick-thinking attorney represents Amanda in court and dazzles the jury with his logic and humor. It slowly emerges that Brendan Cavanaugh had a partner who wanted to reap the benefits of Amanda's design for his own purposes. The race against the clock is on to discover who is the perpetrator.

There was some good footage from the Boston locale and excellent production values from the filmmakers. There was also an extremely competent cast. But it was especially the screenplay that was effective in sustaining dramatic tension and leading the heroine to a successful arrival at her Emerald City. Dorothy has finally arrived in the land of Oz!

Not terrible. Half interesting story line and acting is workable. The only thing I can't get past the more these movie goes, the lead actress never had anything more than a semi bored, overly docile reaction to one of the biggest events in her life. Her reaction to everything is this way. She gets a hostile personal safety threat, her brother gets hit by a car on his motorcycle... everything is a placid reaction. Like its a normal day. That's what bothered me eventually. My brain fighting bw what the story is and what her reactions are, they don't match. She never actually gets upset. It makes it feel almost boring.