badmoonrison This movie is unbelievably terrible, I can't believe that reviewers on here actually think this is a good movie. The first three pages are full of people singing the praises of this crap film. What? Did we watch the same movie? The high school scenario is terribly cliché. Savage and the main girl are terrible, he looks like some ridiculous creep that would never exist. The dialogue is bad. There is nothing good about this movie.The best part of this movie is the previews... Sandbar? Now that's a movie I need to see (kidding). Whoever is making these garbage movies needs to stop wasting their money.

Boi_crazi01 This movie was so awesome. Me and my friends were crying when he killed her every girl should see it and realize when to get out she always had an excuse i saw this movie in gym my teacher thought she should show every one of us girls when a relationship is healthy or not healthy. Now every girl in my gym class realizes when they should get out i loved the movie it was just wow! I couldn't believe the passion in the movie if i had to rate it i'd give it a 10 out of 10 for all the actors every actor in the movie put so much passion or effort into the movie i never knew candace cameron had that much in her i never knew fred savage could even act so violent it was just awesome i couldn't believe it well hope this hepled you watch this movie!!

tygerizs1221 Of course for a guy it would seem ridiculous! but in the eyes of a woman i see a struggle between love, fear, and devotion. I may not be so suttle but it gets the message across that no matter how much you love someone abuse is not acceptable!!! no a days this is something that is happening more and more and i think if a lot of woman would watch this movie they would see why this is just no going to work!overall this is an excellent movie and it deserves more recognition than it gets. I highly recommend this movie to both men and women. It's got great actors and exceptional plots. This movie would make any movie night fun!

orcinusorca84 I had originally seen this movie when it first came out, and then again a little while later. I was fortunate enough to tape it when it re-aired on USA network. I've watched it here and there since I've taped it, and just felt like taking a look at what was online about it. There seems to be some confusion or assumptions about the contents of the movie and what all happened. The basic plot line was pretty well explained by everyone so far, but I'll just put it in my own words.Candace Cameron Bure plays Stacy Collins, a sweet and innocent high schooler with a crush on the senior "IT" guy, Bobby, played by Fred Savage. He's a popular wrestler who first notices Stacy at one of the wrestling matches when she's the only one in the bleachers standing after two of her closest friends holler "Nice body!" at Bobby. He gives her a smile and it cuts to Stacy and her friend heading to a pizza parlor. There, they run into Bobby and a few of his friends. His buddies tell him that Stacy is the 'nice body' girl, and there starts the relationship. They officially get together on their first date at a beach party, where the audience gets the impression that Bobby is really a sweet, romantic guy. He leaves love notes and flowers in her locker. It's the kind of high school sweetheart that everyone dreams about. But we get first get a glimpse of the real Bobby when he and she are interrupted during a study session in the library. Namely because the person interrupting was a guy, Bobby gets jealous and rudely asks the guy to leave. No sooner does he leave when Stacy's friends show up and join the session. Bobby storms off and Stacy runs after him. During a heated discussion, he loses his temper, grabs her by the arms, and shoves her into the book shelves. It's a chilling moment, not only for what's happening along with the music, but the audience loses whatever likability Bobby's character has. From there the abuse escalates to him throwing her into a wall, to plain slapping her in the face, and not in private either. Stacy finally comes to her senses and breaks it off with Bobby. A disturbing scene is played out at the high school where Bobby tells Stacy that he wouldn't be able to let her go. Feeling the affects of the break, Stacy is at a party at a bowling alley and spilling her feelings to her friend. Her friend gets tired of hearing only about Bobby and tells Stacy that if all she was going to do was talk about him, she should leave. This was a disturbing and sad moment, because it turned out to be the last thing said to one another. After a brief conversation on the phone with Bobby, he convinces Stacy to go to his place and give him a haircut. A couple other people are there and are witness to yet another fight between Bobby and Stacy. He ends up slapping her and she storms out. He sends his friend Vince after her to calm her down, after which he tells Carla, the other person there, that all that happened was that he and Stacy had argued and she left. He then kissed Carla, which just puts another nail in the 'Bobby-is-a-creep' coffin. He finds Stacy and Vince sitting on a swing set outside and tells her he'll take her home. Instead, he drives them out to the lake where the beach party they'd attended had happened. He asks her to take a walk with him in their special place. Unfortunately, she agrees. Another fight ensues. However, this one comes to a bloody end. It's not revealed until later in the movie what he did to her. But he had slit her throat, taped her in black garbage bags, and sank her to the bottom of the lake with a concrete block. The rest of the movie went through the search and the court case. Bobby's friend Vince actually gave Bobby up because he felt guilty for knowing the truth. In a later interrogation, Bobby breaks under the pressure the cop puts on him and he spills the story. It then goes to the next day at the lake where Stacy's corpse is brought up. With her mother and friend there hoping it's not her, the most heart breaking scene happens when her mother breaks down. The only good part for the situation is that Bobby got life in prison without parole. The end sequence showing the abuse that took place, along with a message meant not only for the characters in the story, but also as a message to everyone watching, was very powerful.According to past posts, this movie was based on a true story. If it is, I haven't heard about it, but I have no doubt it's probably true. This is an excellent movie and I hope there will be a DVD sometime soon because my VHS tape is starting to wear down. Hope this helped with any questions anyone has about the movie. Any questions that anyone has that this post doesn't answer, email me at orcinusorca84@hotmail.com.