Guilt by Association (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Graeme Campbell

Writer (WGA):

Alan Hines (written by)

Release Date:

13 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Life is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes when she...

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Drug Dealer | Innocent | Prison Sentence | Drug Dealing

Cast

Mercedes Ruehl	...	Susan Walker
Alberta Watson	...	Angie
Alex Carter	...	Russell
Karen Glave	...	Roxanne
Elisa Moolecherry	...	Marguerite (prison chaplain)
Rachel McAdams	...	Danielle
Asia Vieira	...	Teenage Hannah
Trevor Blumas	...	Teenage Max
Mallory Margel	...	Young Hannah
Daniel Magder	...	Young Max
Karen LeBlanc	...	Ramona
Brandi Ward	...	June (as Brandi Marie Ward)
Jocelyne Zucco	...	Shirley
Kathryn Haggis	...	Greta
Maria Vacratsis	...	Old Lucy

Also Known As:

Coupable par amour (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

100 min | USA:90 min (DVD)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:12

Company:

Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)

A need to see movie

Court cases are always interesting when human stories are involved and this is a human story-not something to do with organised crime or fraud. It highlights an injustice for a start and its a reminder that the worse the crime is the less time you serve if the continuing release of rapists who go on to reoffend is anything to go by.

Though this is not 100% about a real person its many who found themselves serving a sentence for what is actually NOTHING. At the beginning you see the woman Susan trying to find a solicitor who was supposed to be better than the ones the courts appoint but her fees were too high so she declined because she can't find the money without remortgaging her house she learns she can't as its been seized-supposedly paid for by her partner's drug business which she had nothing to do with. You see her pleading with him and finally ordering him out because of the drugs business.After which she is suddenly arrested and learns the partner has been as well but as he plea bargains for a lesser sentence she can't do that -she knows nothing. These mandatory sentences are unsafe convictions. The main of the film is to show how she coped inside-which is admirably. This conspiratory law is likely to be repealed but at the moment its as crazy as the Human Rights Act