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User Rating:
5.7/10   36 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Hal Sitowitz (written by)
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Release Date:
20 May 1990 (USA) more
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Plot:
Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns to her that the child may be sexually abused by her father... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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User Comments:
Where's the closure? more (4 total)

Cast

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Meg Tilly ... Jennifer Colton

Ed Begley Jr. ... Howard Feldon

Michael O'Keefe ... Walt Colton
Michele Greene ... Nora
Marta Woodward ... Mandy Colton
David Wohl ... Judge Dunham

James Eckhouse ... Chilton
Jim Byrnes ... Kurt

Angela Bassett ... Lori
Peter Hansen ... Dr. Innes
Rosanna Huffman ... Mrs. Thacker
Tom Irwin ... Frank
Cynthia Mace ... Liz
Maria O'Brien ... Carla
Robin Pearson Rose
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Runtime:
100 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Where's the closure?, 6 October 2002
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Author: margoletta from The Colony, Texas

This movie was interesting and it held my attention but I was very disappointed in the end at the lack of an ending. When the courts are wrong and people fight for justice, I feel the viewer needs to know that there are alternatives to the choices the main character has made. This movie just ended and left you feeling pretty cheated.

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