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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Imprisoned by Guilt, 30 December 2005
Author:
sol1218 from brooklyn NY
(There are Spoilers) Driving down a lonely country road one rainy
afternoon Joanna Kndall, Margaret Colin,is distracted for a brief
moment and runs down a little girl riding a bicycle on the side of the
roadway. Doing what she can to keep the injured youngster comfortable
Joanna goes to call for help at a local service station. Before she can
give her name Joanna hangs up the phone in order to get back to the
girl and see if she's all right; it's then and there when the nightmare
begins for Joanna.
Heart-wrenching drama that can effect any one of us when you try to do
the right thing but are influenced by the words and feelings of those
around you. Getting back to the accident site Joanna sees it's cordoned
off by the highway police. Before she can tell them what happened, and
her involvement in it, Joanna starts to have second thought about
turning herself in.
What would at first have been a tragic accident turns out to be a
hit-and-run with Joanna facing time behind bars, if caught. Even far
worse she has to live with herself in what she did seeing almost every
day the family of the little girl she ran down Kelly Corey, Dallas
Deremer, who goes to the same school as her two daughters Mindy &
Holly, Gretchen Esau & Kira Posey. Joanna's life starts to come apart
as she tries to keep the truth from her friends and family, not to
mention the Eaton Police, of what she was involved with in little
Kelly's accident.
You can easily see how the words of her friends and neighbors as well
as her husband Doug, Drew Phillbury, about the hit and run, effected
Joanna. It was those words that had Joanna unable to bring herself to
admit what she did not just for her own concern but her two daughters
and her husband as well. Feeling that they'll be shunned by the people
that they knew as friends as well as neighbors for years.
Joanna on the verge of losing her mind tries to implicate her friend
Nancy Grayson, Sherry Hursey, in Kelly's hit-and-run accident by trying
to plant her earing, that she lost in Joanna house, at the accident
site. It's then that she realizes what she's doing and suddenly
stops,keeping her from making an already bad situation even worse, not
wanting to have Kelly's accident but also innocent Nancy's freedom and
reputation on her conscience as well.
Margraet Colin gives a stunning performance as the guilt ridden Joanna
Kendall and you can really feel for her seeing how she's being eaten up
inside and not knowing just what to do. Wanting at first to turn
herself in to the police a series of miscalculations causes Joanna to
become a fugitive from the law. When she eventually did Joanna became
the most hated and despised person in Eaton.
Not being herself, when still at large, Joanna's husband starts to feel
that she's either back to smoking or even having an affair. Never in a
million years would Doug have thought that Joanna was the person who
ran down little Kelly and left her to die on that rain soaked road! The
look on his face, with his mouth quivering, when he found out the truth
said it all.
The last few minutes of the movie took a lot out of you knowing what
Joanna was going through, not to downplay the suffering of the injured
Kelly Corey and her parents, and how she now has to face the music for
what she did and have to live with it for the rest of her life.
4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Is a person to be condemned for one single mistake........., 26 December 2005
Author:
MarieGabrielle from United States
Margaret Colin stars as the principal figure in this story; as I
watched it, I remembered her bit part in Adrian Lynes's "Ünfaithful" as
Diane Lane's neighbor in a tony NY neighborhood.
This movie was surprisingly good, and Diane Stillman deserves credit
for an accurate portrayal of class, crimes, and misdemeanors, which
actually occur in upscale neighborhoods (perish the thought!!!).It is
real but not over-dramatized; the audience lives through her accident,
the pain it has caused;denial; and the ultimate resolution.
It is more than just a question of "what is a good person" as Colin
speaks to her husband....is a person's character defined by one single
act; and should they be condemned forever because of their action?? The
questions are pertinent; It is also amusing to see several cinematic
references to Martha Stewart (i.e. the fussy, bothersome mother);Colin
is reputed by her sometime friends to be a "perfect hostess, with
perfect genes"....(gag); and a scene wherein Colin is confronted by
police;(the "friends" also betray her, later)....
The denial and facades of American society are addressed; (Oh, murder
doesn't occur here; similar to the theme in "Ä Season in Purgatory", by
author Dominick Dunne, about the true murder of Martha Moxley; in
Greenwich, Connecticut); Colin is aware of her crime; but consciously
finds herself perpetuating the facade, until she finally breaks
down;rent or buy this film; she is an underrated actress who does quite
well in these roles.
4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
A Complicated Life..., 22 December 2005
Author:
MissLong from United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The main point of the movie, IMO, is the fact the Joanna's whole life
has been nothing but a series of facades. The movie opens up with her
secretly dying her gray roots, and hiding the used kit in an empty
tissue box. What is strange is that she is hiding this from her
HUSBAND. If she has to hide mundane things from her loved one, one can
bet that she is hiding even bigger things from others involved in her
life.
When Joanna accidentally hits Cory, she leaves the scene to call the
police. By the time she returns, the police and ambulance are there, as
well as people from her community, remarking "What kind of person hits
a child then just leaves her there?" Well-respected in her community,
she makes the decision to keep quiet about what she had done. But, she
never realized how difficult it would be the keep up her facades...
Great movie-I have seen it many times!
4 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Suspenseful and Involving; Great performance by Margaret Colin, 30 June 2001
Author:
Saayman (tsaayman@hotmail.com)
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS***
Wow, what a predicament Joanna has found herself in. After accidentally
running over a young child, she goes to call for help, only to return to
the
crime scene amidst a group of very angry onlookers. Understanda- bly, this
is too much for her to handle, and she flees the scene. Luckily the child
didn't die, but is seriously injured and in a coma. So starts the biggest
struggle in Joanna's life: should she keep quiet or speak up? At first she
doesn't, but eventually she realises that it's torture living with such a
horrible secret.
At one point she even joins a search party to help find the culprit. And
gradually a detective starts to question this woman's behavior. She wants
to
tell the truth, and she never meant to run away from the crime scene, but
is
it worth telling and having the whole town hate you for
it?
The thing about this movie is that you don't choose sides. Joanna is very
much a good role model, even though she's made some wrong choices. You
feel
for her, even though you know what she did was wrong. Her journey is a
good
representation of what any human being would go through if something like
this were to happen to them.
Margaret Colin is an absolutely brilliant actress. She was amazing in the
TV
series Now and Again and great in films like Independence Day and The
Devil's Own. Her performance here is so realistic and unforced that she
carries us singlehandedly through the entire film. In the end, I wanted to
see more of her. Lisa Vidal also provided some good supporting work as the
gentle, resourceful detective.
To wrap it up, if you wanna see a movie that will make you think long
afterwards, one that will say "This is reality", then you won't want to
miss
this one.
My rating: 9/10
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Awesome, 24 January 2005
Author:
y2nat from United Kingdom
Just watched this film on TV and it was awesome.
had just planned on watching it whilst doing some work however i ended
up watching the whole film with out doing work as it was so good!
Actors my not be very well know but the story line makes up for it. the
fact that the actors make are less well known only makes it more
believable that the events could occur. i did not feel a biased towards
one character as i have no judgement of the types of character as i
have never seen any of the actors in a film before which made it even
more enjoyable.
would recommend watching it.
4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
A wonderfully adapted film!!, 14 July 2002
Author:
Andrew Hopper from Doncaster, England
This is such a great movie to watch and all the actors put together a great film which would be enjoyed by everyone! It is very emotional in parts, so when you watch it grab a box of tissues to keep you company!! This movie doesn't deserve a rating below 10/10!
2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
The moral of this story: Watch out for PTA moms on the run, 9 March 2003
Author:
(aim-imdb) from Seattle, WA
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
SPOILER ALERT! This movie made me want to jump into some Replay sneakers, join a clique of PTA moms, and make buying baguettes the highest priority in life! It presents the viewer with a situation that we will probably all find ourselves in at one point: whether or not to leave an accident scene where a critically injured child might need your help after you've run them over. I'm really glad that I spent my Sunday afternoon watching this- now I know that when one is guilty of a crime like this, they shouldn't try to hide behind their super-long bangs and bite their lip. They should jump into their Jeep and plant a friend's earring at the scene of the crime!
2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Margaret Colin was great on and off camera, 3 January 2003
Author:
Shelsie Blake (shelsie) from Seattle, WA, USA
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Spoiler Alert
I worked as an extra on this Lifetime TV movie (filmed in Seattle). It's
really interesting when you take part in the production of a movie,
because
usually, they are still in the process of either still writing parts (as
was
the case here) or making editing cuts and major changes from the final
parts.
My husband and I both worked as extras in this movie, and I recall them
discussing on the set how it was yet to be determined whether or not the
little girl dies in the end. Frankly, I never thought Margaret Colin's
character really got adequate punishment for her crime of hit and run,
lying
to police, covering up, etc. Could you imagine how the ending would have
had
to change if she had ended up killing the hit and run victim instead of
her
ending up coming out of her coma okay? Just something to think
about.
By the way, I play a police detective you can see for a split second and
my
husband plays another detective you can see quite often (we've counted
four
times). Margaret Colin was great to work with and very down to earth,
although Lisa Vidal (now a Lifetime regular) was aloof.
Overall, the movie turned out to be about a 7/10, but like another poster
commented, is still a real tear-jerker and makes a great Saturday
afternoon
cable flick.
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Tell The Truth Immediately, 12 May 2007
Author:
whpratt1 from United States
This is a story of a loving and wonderful mother who loved her family and all her neighbors and gave all kinds of parties for all kinds of occasions and raised money for community needs for the poor and needy. This woman was played by Margaret Colin, (Joanna Kendall) who on a very rainy day hit a little girl on her bike and left the scene of the accident in order to get help. However, she got cold feet and under very difficult circumstances decided to keep quite about what she had done until her soul bothered her so very much she started to get out of complete control of her life and family. Drew Pillsbury, (Doug Kendall) played the role of husband to Joanna Kendall and was finding it very difficult to find out just what was bothering his wife. Lisa Vidal, (Detective Rico) became involved in the case and decided to try and solve this case by investigating all the neighbors and started hounding Joanna Kendall. This is a story of just one fact, Tell The Truth and You Will Have No Problems. End of Story
1 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
when good people do bad things, 31 March 2005
Author:
blanche-2 from United States
"Hit and Run" is a shattering story starring the always wonderful
Margaret Colin as a society lady who "has it all" until she hits a
child with her car and leaves the scene. Hence the title. The tragedy
is that she goes to call for help and returns, but is frightened away
by angry passers-by who think the hitter abandoned the scene. This was
made in the days when not everyone had a cell phone or there wouldn't
be a story.
Colin's guilt and anguish are palpable and cause her to act so
strangely that a detective gets onto her right away. Her lies sink her
deeper and deeper into a self-loathing hole, causing her to make a bad
situation worse.
This is a very thought-provoking story, and one can't help but to feel
this lady's pain, wishing throughout that she would simply come clean.
As a TV movie, thanks to Colin and a strong script, this is a well
above average TV movie.
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