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User Rating:
6.7/10   129 votes
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Director:
Jerry London
Writer (WGA):
Scott Swanton (written by)
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Release Date:
16 January 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Flashbacks in the early part of this fact-based film set in McKinney, Texas, establishes that three sisters were mistreated by an abusive step-mother... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A contrived, over-acted mess. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Delta Burke ... Debra

Swoosie Kurtz ... Kay
Shirley Knight ... Jolene Maggart

Grace Zabriskie ... Francie Harper
Lawrence Monoson ... Randy Goodson
Casey Biggs ... Travis Colton
Alexa Vega ... Young Kay
Jane E. Goold
Bill McKinney ... Butch Maggart
Steve Shearer ... Woody

Morgana Shaw ... Young Jolene
David Denney ... Timmy

Melanie Haynes ... Aunt Letty

Madylin Sweeten ... Young Debra
Allison Ritter ... Carolyn
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
McKinney, Texas, USA

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2 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A contrived, over-acted mess., 17 June 2001
4/10
Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

"A Promise to Carolyn" tells of the investigation of two middle aged women into the death of their little sister 30+ years earlier. A contrived mess fraught with herky-jerky flashbacking, over-acting, and poor technical consulting in hypnosis, law, forensics, etc., this flick is an obvious fabrication with one purpose; to jerk the audience around emotionally. Should be most appreciated by soaps junkies.

At this writing the IMDB user rating of 7.8 computed from 37 votes is grossly distorted by 16 votes, almost half, giving this mediocre film a maximum score of 10 with no semblance of a Gaussian distribution.

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