Bele Torso
Late night TV, flipping channels and was a fan of Yes, Dear...well kinda and saw that Jean Louisa Kelly was in this, who was in Uncle Buck as the super bitchy teen and I got sucked in.Why reviews dumping on Sammi Hanratty--she is supposed to be a clueless teen that got pregnant and has co-dependent tendencies. This was a big role for a young actress. The low was when Jean Louisa Kelly enters as tough street cop (agent calls and says you want to work, well, better take this gig). Then the mother, Alexandra Holden, yeah, overacting, annoyingly so. Here is a tip for the budding director of TV movies--keep all the actors on screen in character, like Jennifer's cute friend in the park after the baby is abducted--try not to look like "she is remembering her lines or what to do when I don't have any lines." I get it, you're on a tight budget, but the AD needs to keep this train rolling on track. That one scene can ruin a dramatic moment.What Jean Louisa Kelly does best is empathize. She does not do tough, but let her develop emotion and she can carry a scene well. Yes, it's a TV movie, but Lifetime can crank out some winners because the expectation isn't high, so the audience relaxes with more acceptance. I think these are more difficult to do well than higher budget movies--the acting skill isn't as developed, tight budget, easy to lose focus and over-develop a special effect, your main star probably wishes their career went in another direction...hard to hold that together.Bottom line--the main target audience should like this movie. Good movie to show a youth group and have a discussion.
Joeb Bray
CONTAINS SPOILERSHonestly didn't know what to expect from this film I actually stumbled upon it by accident while looking through the channels and man did I get emotional.Zoe Gone is a great film and deserves a watch for sure in my personal opinion it was very well made and the actors and actresses done a great job, The only real thing I had a problem with is Jennifer (mother) give Zoe (daughter) away at the end but hey that's just me it just didn't go well with me.I know this is not the most in-depth review of a film but it wasn't set out to be that way, I just wanted to say how the film made me feel.In conclusion as I stated it is a brilliant film and definitely deserves a watch but the ending is a bit iffy.
guil fisher
The girl that had the baby is a loonie and doesn't even deserve the baby in the first place. Her acting is over the top and almost comedic. Most of the cast is playing melodrama. Crying, screaming and making total nuisances of themselves. No real drama here, not even mystery. Boring script of another steal my baby script. Even the detectives seemed lost and floundering throughout this epic silly story. However, it was a good flick to work on other things on my computer. Didn't have to watch this trite all the time. In a half hour nothing happening. The little girl then gets a gun (another comedic moment) that wasn't even loaded. Another laugh. Was this supposed to be tongue and cheek? I only wished they'd have kept the tape on her mouth all the time. Don't watch this silly movie on LMN. Doesn't get any worse than this, believe me. I didn't wait for the ending. So silly and unbelievable and the young girl actress annoyed the hell out of me.
abhishekthegreat-pulimoo
This movie sucks. This movie could be the reason why I wont see any TV movies again. Jeniffer is a 16 year old mother who doesn't wanted to have a baby. She loses her baby,search goes on and finally she finds the baby n saves the baby from being sold by the baby's father. Then what she does is the most ridiculous part, she hands over the baby for adoption. So, i don't see the point why she wanted her baby back. Much of the scenes are boring. Her boyfriend was also trying to do the same, but for money. Its all stupid. The acting and cinematography adds to the misery. It definitely doesn't belongs to the Mystery genre. There is no mystery. In fact, everything is so obvious, expect for the ridiculous climax. But the concept is fresh.
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