Wonderful Movie

Nice effects though.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

--contains spoilers--major spoilers--Alright, so I decided to watch this movie because I was bored, and the summary sounded good. The acting was not terrible, was not great either. The only point that did not quite make sense to me is why was she so interested in her neighbor, if she was so busy with moving to a new place, and all that how did she have time to spy? Yet she did have time to spy, and the more she did the more she found out. Victoria was a powerful woman full of great strength to not only ignore what her husband was saying about her being sleep deprived and basically calling her crazy, she still managed to follow her gut and save the girl next door. Not only the girl but her best friend also. The ending is what really makes me mad, he falls down the steps and that is it, he is done. I wasn't too sure why they just left him there, it wasn't like he broke his back? He walked to the police car. Yet they did, they left him lying there and he did no more harm? It made no sense to me. Not a great movie, not a terrible movie, somewhere in between. I also did not like how the husband was suddenly on her side at the end, and everything was OK. If that was my husband and he thought I was crazy, i'm not sure I could forgive him. Yet she does. The only twist I did not see coming was the wife knew all about the son dying and the daughter being kept down there. She got what she deserved though and what do you know, one big happy ending.

I agree with other reviewer. Story is poor and completely absurd. There is hardly any suspense and does not connect well. Emma suspecting the neighbor from the beginning of the movie, just having a glance at basement, does not make sense. Also in the end, neighbor coming to Emma house and attacking the David outside the house does not make sense, that too without wearing any gloves to protect himself. There are other things that are also not convincing are Michael keeping the girl in the cell immediately after his boy fell from the steps, Readily available cell, girl spending 12 years in the cell without restroom, Emma barge into Michael house to find the wall, etc.. there are so many points that are really illogical. Though movie is not convincing, it is not boring. So If you don't have anything else to do go ahead and watch..

I remember being horrified hearing about the Austrian version of this story and asking myself how could the father have gotten away with it so long. Then they discovered that other girl living confined with children in a gated backyard compound. So this was definitely an interesting take on those stories (unless there's another story I don't know about). What I find disturbing about this is not that only COULD it happen, but it DID happen. Michael Hogan puts in a really solid performance as the Captor and Emma Caulfield doesn't take the part too over the top. DJE acts as a nice solid anchor to the madness.The song (was it Wagner?) became a little more haunting after each time it was played and I LOVED the final scenes with Hogan's wife and Emma, seeing the regret and sadness of such a shocking crime and life of an innocent girl stolen from her.

Good not great. Seen better and seen worse. But the pace was pretty decent so it keeps you tuned in. Some good action sequences and decent suspense. It's pretty much what I look for in a Lifetime movie. No Emmy here, but you're probably not expecting that from this network.Was hoping it would stick a little closer to the true story but I guess there's only so much you can show on television. Liked the performances all around, which were above par for the course.David James Elliott should be working more. Looking forward to his Hallmark movie.Good: Acting Dialogue Sound ScoreNot so Good: Some of the casting