NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

PudgyPandaMan I thought this was a well done movie for a made for TV movie. I think the cast all did a good job.James Wilder as the diabolical boyfriend/husband Scott gives me the creeps. Roxanne Hart as the heiress made me feel so sorry for her character. There are times when she talks and is crying and her voice quivers and it is so believable. How any woman puts up with such abuse is so hard to understand. The daughters were a good contrast to each other - Holly Marie Combs as the strong sister Alex and Sarah Chalke as the lush, weak sister prone to her mother's poor choice in men.The way that man shamed and humiliated that woman was unbelievable. Its hard to believe her daughters couldn't have done more to intervene. Hopefully, domestic abuse laws in NY have changed to have more automatic, severe penalties for abusers. The thing that I don't get is that the movie states several times that court favors attempted reconciliation. Why in the world - in the 1990's- would the court encourage a woman to go back to her abuser. This wasn't the 1950's, when abuse was swept under the rug, and people turned a blind eye.I think this movie reveals an important truth - that violence is an equal-opportunity evil; it inflicts the wealthy as well as the poor. People tend to think violence is an inner-city or working-class problem, but it doesn't discriminate. While they may not make up the majority, wealthy killers aren't hard to find in prison. In the graveyard, wealthy victims are even easier to find.

Nicholas Rhodes I have seen this on French TV under the title "L'Amant Diabolique" ( Diabolical Lover ). I should dearly love to find it on DVD to hear it in English as what I saw was a version dubbed into French with very poor sound quality ( very muffled ) and I might also add that the picture quality was very average, not sharp enough. On the plus side the soundtrack was absolutely brilliant - not any tune in particular - but the general musical accompaniment to the various events unfolding in the film was most impressive - also the use of the daughter to narrate the story was also something I found very effective and emotion-distilling in this particular instance. As to the actors, James Wilder, a kind of male equivalent of Tracey Nelson, gives you the herb-jeebies at the best of times. I had already seen him in "A Perfect Marriage " and "Face Value" where he plays very unpleasant characters indeed - rather like Maxwell Caulfield - and he always seems to come across as a psychotic schizophrenic. As to the story itself, I don't know whether it is true or fictional but I fail to understand why any woman in sane state of mind would go on living with a dangerous psychotic like Scott. But there again, I am not a woman and women have ways of behaving that are totally illogical to men. If the guy presents a real threat to you and/or your child, you don't ask a thousand questions, you just get up and go. It's the instinct of self-preservation that should dominate - in this film this would appear not to be the case as the lady goes on supporting the violence from Scott and forgiving him - I am at loss to understand this as it doesn't seem plausible. But all this makes for excellent entertainment and I found the actors' performances magnificent. Only, sound and vision quality need to be improved to enable this film to have the strong emotional impact that it should have on the spectator.

Kerryanne Jacobsen Okezie This movie appeared to me to be sending the message loud and clear - THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP AND DO NOT LISTEN TO YOUR SUPPORTERS. The fact that this movie is based on a true story removes any need for me to be critical of it. The producers did themselves justice by focusing on the daughters role in what happened. It should at the very least make any victim think about the pain the family and friends go through when they see a 'loved one' in an abusive relationship. I loved the film and all three main actors Holly, Sarah and Roxie were just great.I have to give the film 10 out of 10 - the whole cast and crew appeared to do more than 'really try;' they portrayed a story easily believable and is all too real. They didn't go for any fancy twists or turns - they just did it! I found myself feeling sorry for the loss of Roxie to all who knew her. Domestic Abuse/Violence is a hot issue for discussion and this film is a great training resource too!

artemisanoush crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/anne_scripps/1.html?sect=12 Click on this link to see the entire true story of Anne Scripps Douglas' murder. I watched this movie with the hope that the title meant that Anne herself would be the one committing murder against her abusive husband, I was wrong. The actors were amazing. Roxanne Hart showed how loving, kind, and soft spoken Anne might have been. Her performance left you emotionally drawn to Anne, wanting for her to be rid of the pain in her life. But you did not feel sorry for her, and you were never angry with her for staying in the relationship. The story is one that needs to be heard, in hopes that with the information you attain from it... the tragedy will not be repeated. Overall a movie that should be watched, but if your looking for a happy ending, you will not find one here.