Enough (I) (2002)

On the run from an abusive husband, a young mother begins to train herself to fight back.

Director:

Michael Apted

Writer:

Nicholas Kazan

Stars:

Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Tessa Allen

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Lopez	...	Slim Hiller
Billy Campbell	...	Mitch Hiller
Tessa Allen	...	Gracie Hiller
Juliette Lewis	...	Ginny
Dan Futterman	...	Joe
Noah Wyle	...	Robbie
Fred Ward	...	Jupiter
Janet Carroll	...	Mrs. Hiller
Bill Cobbs	...	Jim Toller
Christopher Maher	...	Phil
Bruce A. Young	...	Instructor
Bruce French	...	Homeowner
Ruben Madera	...	Teddy
Dan Martin	...	FBI Agent
Jeff Kober	...	FBI Agent

Storyline

An abused woman discovers that the dream man she married isn't who she thought he was. She and her daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend), but he pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, she decides that there's only one way out of the marriage: kill him.

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Plot Keywords:

escape | abusive husband | marriage | martial arts | one word title | 

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Taglines:

Self defense isn't murder.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense scenes of domestic violence, some sensuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

Sony [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 May 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nunca más

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$38,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£340,600 (UK) (29 November 2002)

Gross:

£897,245 (UK) (13 December 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Winkler Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Gracie's basketball hits her foot and rolls away, actress Tessa Allen did that in one take. The sky and lighting were changing and they needed to get it in one shot otherwise production would have been delayed later on because the cast and crew were changing locations the next day.

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Goofs

When Mitch leaves his house after Slim has entered, he lifts up the cover of the security system keypad to enter his code. When he returns, he enters his code without lifting the cover.

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Quotes

Ginny: You have a divine animal right to protect your own life and the life of your offspring.

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Soundtracks

"This Way"
Written by Jewel Kilcher and Rick Nowels
Performed by Jewel
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

Am I the only person who realizes how awful this movie is?

I appreciate a good "bad movie". If a movie is bad enough, it can be fun to watch. This movie, however, is SO bad that you can't even enjoy it's awfulness. I mean seriously. I'm *very* patient for bad movies, in many cases i love them, but this may very well be the absolute worst movie I've ever seen, and not just because of the terrible supporting actors.

In all sincerity, pornography typically has better writing and directing than this, and the plot makes more sense. The real paradox about this film; despite being disorganized and random, it somehow manages to be totally predictable.

For those who haven't seen it, the basic plot is that a WONDERFUL guy marries j-lo and gives her everything she wants. 5 years into the marriage, his pager goes off, and she looks at the number instantly comes to the conclusion that he's cheating on her. She decides to leave in the middle of the night while he's asleep in the room, rather than during the hours and hours he's away during the daytime. So he decides to kick j-lo in the face a bunch of times, which doesn't leave a scratch on her. The rest of the movie is basically him pursuing her.

So she runs away, and he chases after her, trying VERY visibly and publicly to kill her. By "publicly" i mean doing things like... knocking down total strangers to run up to a bus she's on, then pounding on the side of the bus while screaming something to the effect of "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU AS SOON AS I CATCH YOU BITCH"... or kicking in hotel room doors... or sending goons to vandalize the place she's living at, who delight us by delivering gripping and thrilling lines like "Hey Bitch, do you know what it feels like to die because you are so stupid?". In fact, i think the word "bitch" occurs once for every 3 spoken lines.

The characters fail to achieve even a meager 2 dimensions; even cartoon villains are more conflicted than these characters. The "bad guys" (i.e. men) are 100% evil and unremorseful, and the "good guys" (i.e. girls) are perfect and pure in their motivations.

If you enjoyed this movie, be sure to also catch Troll 2 and Panic Room and Road Rage. I enjoy terrible movies, but this was just above and beyond terrible.