The script is well-written, and sequences may genuinely hold surprises for you here and there(I sure did not see them coming among other things, the ending played out differently than I thought it would. This is well-directed, and it's no wonder that the guy went on to do Lost and Prison Break. The acting is marvelous, even the children aren't half bad. Pacing is quite good, I was seldom bored. The plot is engaging and develops consistently throughout. This, in spite of how unusual the concept itself can seem, feels authentic from start to finish, with the one brief exception being when the line "do what you feel in your heart" is spoken nobody actually talks like that, in fact, outside of Hallmark and Disney, no one would ever utter anything *that* corny. If it truly had something to do with the creation of the Amber Alert, then I can see why they'd make a movie out of it. I did not know the story going into this, though I was aware that it was based upon something that really happened. Reviewed by TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews 7 / 10 Pretty good there are plenty of people, out there, that are exactly like the abductor of Elizabeth Smart. Unfortunately, the police pretty much ignored that witness.īelieve this. The person they tried to finally pin it on looked nothing like the real monster, as said by the only witness. a lot of time was wasted on trying to pin the crime on the parents. On the other side of the coin, it often is a parent that is the guilty party.
In this case, even though the abduction is witnessed by Elizabeth's younger sister. and this will continue throughout the remainder of her life.Īs seems to be the norm in these abduction cases, the police continue to make life even worse for the victims of these crimes against families.
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I would imagine that Elizabeth Smart's life must also be full of nightmares. Which speaks volumes in regards to the acting and directing. I can tell you that this movie gave me a new set of nightmares to deal with. Having been raised by a mother that was exactly the same as Elizabeth Smart's kidnapper. Reviewed by myspecialparadise 9 / 10 Scary as Hell It's an okay movie, just don't base your opinions or perceptions of Elizabeth Smart's abduction, captivity, and return on what you saw in this movie. The movie also failed to address the traumas that Elizabeth must have suffered in captivity, but I agree with the producers that it would not have been right to do so. I think that the movie was terribly unfair to the local police (who were handling the case as they had to, even if it wasn't to the satisfaction of the Smart family), and that it skewed enough events so that I can't accept anything from the movie as fact. I think it did a good job at capturing some of the emotions of the family (it almost entirely skips any depiction of the emotions of the entire state, who were all united in their concern for Elizabeth). Having seen everything first hand and then seeing it on the small screen, I realized that this version took various liberties with the story, especially in terms of Elizabeth's reactions to her captors and her rescue (it was Elizabeth who asked a police officer, "You think I'm that Elizabeth Smart girl everyone's looking for, don't you?", not the other way around). I live in Utah, and was around for most of the events depicted in the film. Reviewed by ewiddison 6 / 10 Based on a true story The lunatic kidnapper, homeless handyman turned mini-sect prophet 'Emmanuel', and his blindly-devoted wife meanwhile attempt to indoctrinate 'adopted, chosen' Elizabeth, but fate and his alcohol demon lead to his capture. For months the investigation goes nowhere, even after it becomes clear that Ricci is innocent. After treating Ed and his eldest son Charles as prime suspects for statistics' sake, undermining initially wide community support, they concentrate on jailed pedophile Richard Ricci. Upstanding citizen Ed Smart lives happily with his wife and five children in Salt Lake City until youngest daughter Mary Katherine is the traumatized sole witness to the kidnapping from their home of her sister Elizabeth.