Within These Walls (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Mike Robe

Writer (WGA):

Robert J. Avrech (written by)

Release Date:

20 August 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Hope lives in unlikely places.

Plot:

Imprisoned after a drug arrest and bitter from a life marred by tragedy, Joan Thomas wants nothing to do with the world around her...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Nun | Criminal Rehabilitation | Female Prisoner | Dog Training

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Ellen Burstyn	...	Joan Thomas
Laura Dern	...	Sister Pauline Quinn
LaTanya Richardson	...	Melinda Donovan
Maria Herrera	...	Leda Cervantes
Lucinda Davis	...	Eliza
Karen Glave
Lynne Adams
Tony Calabretta	...	Kelly
Kristin Fairlie	...	Emily
Eve Crawford	...	Sister Katherine
Marium Carvell	...	Eliza's Mother
Walter Alza	...	Tito
Alison Darcy	...	Miranda
Danette Mackay	...	Emily's Mother
Tim Progosh	...	Emily's Father

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Matrix Movies

Tedious, unfulfilling, predictable

This was one of those hokey, overbaked dramas meant to bring a tear to the eye. It just make mine want to close in a deep sleep. Not that it was a total boring loser, but the idea of a group of hardened criminals turning into loving, decent folks so quickly after contact with Rover was a tad hard to swallow. I don't doubt that the events were based on fact, I merely feel it was played out in an unbelievable and corny fashion.