'Deception: A Mother's Secret' was never Oscar-winning performance but it has an interesting story which will keep viewers occupied if there is nothing good on the television.
The film sees Terry engaged to single mother Amanda and ready to adopt her eight-year-old son Jay although she is oddly reluctant to let him do so. But when Alison dies in a car crash, Terry initiates the adoption procedures, knowing he will lose Jay to social services if he does nothing. However, when he begins investigating Alison and Jay's background, he discovers that not only is her ex-husband not the boy's father but she was apparently unable to even have children. Terry is then left with the uncomfortable dilemma of trying to discover where Jay came from and, by doing so, risk losing the child he has come to love as his own.
I'm uncertain if the film is based on a true event but it definitely has hallmarks of various stories that have cropped up in the news over the years. It offers an alternative insight into child abduction and the emotional consequences to those involved. It's a film for those who enjoyed 'The Face on the Milk Carton' or fans of 'Without A Trace'. Not bad as made-for-TV films go.
The film sees Terry engaged to single mother Amanda and ready to adopt her eight-year-old son Jay although she is oddly reluctant to let him do so. But when Alison dies in a car crash, Terry initiates the adoption procedures, knowing he will lose Jay to social services if he does nothing. However, when he begins investigating Alison and Jay's background, he discovers that not only is her ex-husband not the boy's father but she was apparently unable to even have children. Terry is then left with the uncomfortable dilemma of trying to discover where Jay came from and, by doing so, risk losing the child he has come to love as his own.
I'm uncertain if the film is based on a true event but it definitely has hallmarks of various stories that have cropped up in the news over the years. It offers an alternative insight into child abduction and the emotional consequences to those involved. It's a film for those who enjoyed 'The Face on the Milk Carton' or fans of 'Without A Trace'. Not bad as made-for-TV films go.