Pretend You Don't See Her (2002) (TV)

Director:

René Bonnière

Writers:

Donald Hounam (written by)
Mary Higgins Clark (novel)

Release Date:

12 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When a Manhattan real estate agent witnesses a murder, she joins the Federal Witness Protection Program and starts a new life in Minnesota.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Murder Mystery | Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel

Cast

Emma Samms	...	Lacey Farrell
Hannes Jaenicke	...	Curtis Caldwell Blake
Beau Starr	...	Detective Ed Sloan
Reiner Schöne	...	Jimmy Greco (as Reiner Schoene)
Stewart Bick	...	Ken Lynch
Laura Press	...	Chantal Greco
Carolyn Dunn	...	Kitt Taylor
Fulvio Cecere	...	Baldwin
Richard Eden	...	Steve Smith
Philip Akin	...	Witness Protection Agent
Rod Wilson	...	Jay Taylor
William Colgate	...	Svenson
Tom Melissis	...	Ron Parker
Danielle Bouffard	...	Bonnie Taylor
Lyriq Bent	...	Detective

Also Known As:

Mary Higgins Clark's 'Pretend You Don't See Her' (Canada: English title)
Mary Higgins Clark's Pretend You Don't See Her (UK) (complete title)
Mary Higgins Clark: Ni vue ni connue (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence.

Country:

UK | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

2DF Enterprises

Trivia:

The photo used for the character Heather Greco was Kim Poirier's professional headshot, it can be seen on her official site.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Lacey is reading Heather Greco's journal, the voice-over refers to Ken Lynch, who is a character in the film. The writing on the paper, however, clearly says Tom Lynch in two different places.

Quotes:

Heather Greco: [voiceover] Uh, I guess this weekend was when I knew it was all over. I've had the feeling he was using me for awhile but now I'm sure of it. There were a bunch of us up at Stowe, skiing. Ginny, Jane Moore, Ken Lynch, Gary Kroll. Then afterwards he came up wanting us to be alone
[laugh]
Heather Greco: that was no more true than anything else he's ever said to me.
Lacey Farrell: Okay, so who's 'he'?
Heather Greco: [voiceover] Ginny and Gary came back to New York and Ken he had to come home for his radio show today. That's when I got a call from.
Lacey Farrell: Man, Manhattan? Someone she knows in town? What were they warning you about Heather.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Intimate Portrait: Emma Samms" (2002)

Ratings Fix?!

This movie was DEFINITELY not worth a "10" vote. Absolutely not. First of all it was supposed to take place primarily in New York City, United States of America but was not filmed there at all. The producers decided to use stock footage of NYC, some of which fit in well, some of which was horrible. That alone knocks this down a grade. Puhh-leeeze. The fact that the cast is multi-cultural is coincidence and reflects the odd nature of the production. Ms. Samms is a star and is from from England and the Detective's (actually) from New York, he's a character actor so those are coincidence. The couple Germans, hmmm, well, I think this production was partially German and the Canadians, they're mandatory since this was filmed in Canada for the tax break... more expensive to film movies in the U.S. and that's why Toronto will one day have more film appearances playing New York City than New York City will have! Very sad. Anyway, the acting in this movie was decent but nothing breathtaking. That little girl so raved about actually kind of stunk. You can notice at least twice, possibly a third time, when she CLEARLY looks off camera to the director or other offscreen coach. Very bad directing allowing that to happen, and bad acting when the actor can't even concentrate on a 5 or 6 second shot. And don't justify it by saying she's only 7 'cause I can point out to you a hundred 7 year old actors who've never made such a mistake. Oy vey. The mystery here of who's the killer was actually kind of decent. But it's really hard to get an outstanding edge of your seat TV movie because they have such small budgets. Overall this wasn't that bad but if anyone thinks this was awesome and one of the best movies ever, worthy of a "10", well, i've really got to recommend seeking professional help. My grade for this: C-