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Had a made for TV feel....


Movie had a cheapness to it, and the acting just came across as like a lifetime movie or something. It was strange to see Shannon in a film like this, considering how skilled an actor he is.

The girl's involvement with the plot was just painful. The way her grandparents completely disregarded anything she said and how she never put any effort into convincing them. Like, wow. She was old enough to know what she saw and even involve the police.

I had lost interest by the end anyways but wow, they couldn't give us a little satisfaction? The grandparents admitting they were wrong and maybe the local news doing a story about the girl and how she's a hero. Maybe reunite the boy with his real parents?

The end implied I guess the grandparents simply adopted him or his family just happened to live in that same town?

Whatever, it was pretty awful.

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Yep, all of the above. I am shocked that both the NYT and a reviewer at rogerebert.com give it high marks. I started laughing at about the quarter point, and never stopped.

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You nailed it. Definitely a made for TV feel. (And sadly...with just a little more effort, they could have had a real winner on their hands.)

Love isn't what you say or how you feel, it's what you do. (The Last Kiss)

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Totally agree. It looked like a tv movie too.

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Right, also the score. So bad and cheap, almost kind of funny again.

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