Review of Jordan

Jordan (2010)
6/10
Good potential, but major flaws
27 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
It was a decent movie, the some of the acting was a little stilted but genuine. There were three flaws. First, it is billed as a thriller/horror film. It is not a horror film. This could've been a Lifetime channel movie, easily. Second, (spoiler alert) it is easy to deduce that there are indeed two women involved and for reasons that undercut the story. The adoptive/driving mother never speaks to Jordan until the accident.What kind of mother doesn't talk or sing to or laugh with her little girl? When I write that the woman never made a word or sound to this little girl, I mean it - creepy silence. In fact, it was the only time I thought the movie might be a horror movie, the way the driving/adoptive mother never said a word to the little girl.No matter what Jordan said the adoptive mother says nothing until the car goes off the road and she instructs Jordan to go get help. So while the audience is unable to compare vocal traits, it's still pretty much given away from the complete lack of engagement from the adoptive/driving mother that you're dealing with two mothers. Ironically, the biological/kidnapping mother is totally engaging with Jordan. The third floor is, how easy would have been to simply check where is Jordan went to school or other living relatives to do a verification. I understand where they were isolated but people still have telephones and fax machines and cell phones.
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