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User Rating:
6.1/10   153 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Stephen Tolkin (written by)
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Release Date:
23 June 1999 (USA) more
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Plot:
Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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Cast

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Christine Lahti ... Ellie Nesler

Mary Kay Place ... Jan Martinez

Andrew Ducote ... Brandon Nesler
Robert Bockstael ... Daniel Driver
John Bourgeois ... Jack Griffin

Diana Reis ... Jo Graves
David Hemblen ... Judge Polley

Barry Corbin ... Tony Serra
Ralph Small ... District Attorney
Lillian Cummings ... Becky Nesler
Bruce Clayton ... Preacher
Geoffrey Bowes ... Probation Officer
Kevin Hicks ... Defense Psychiatrist
Elva Mai Hoover ... Driver's Mother

Aidan Devine ... Brandon's Father
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Runtime:
Canada:90 min (TV version)
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Fun Stuff

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Continuity: Ellie Nesler is handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car. Once inside the car she attempts to hug her son and raises her left arm showing she is not handcuffed. more
Quotes:
Ellie Nesler: [reading a letter] Here's a dollar fifty incase you need to buy more bullets. more
Soundtrack:
YOU KNOW HIS NAME more

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2 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Unsettling, 11 November 1999
Author: kiko from St. Petersburg, FL

Even though this is a good film (I gave it a 7), it's hard to find any likeable characters in it, and except for the kid, there's almost no one to root for in this story. I'm not sure if the film is asking sympathy for the mother (which it seemed to, at times) or trying to present all the facts and let the viewers make up their minds. What I'm sure of is that the people at both ends of the story were equally reprehensible and mentally unbalanced (both are into religion, take note). The mob mentality during the trial is disturbing, and it shows that sometimes in our blind search for justice, we may become as terrifying as the criminal himself.

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