Tempted (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Maggie Greenwald

Writer (WGA):

Vivienne Radkoff (written by)

Release Date:

10 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

On a trip to paradise, one woman discovers everything she has... may not be everything she desires.

Plot:

A married woman becomes attracted to a young man after she takes the ashes of her nanny to Hawaii.

Cast

Virginia Madsen	...	Emma Burke
Lainie Kazan	...	Julia
Jason Momoa	...	Kala
Kieu Chinh	...	Kehau (as Kieu-Chinh)
Andrew McFarlane	...	Mike
Brooke Harmon	...	Jamie (as Brooke Harman)
Mikhael Wilder	...	Billy
James Dean	...	Neil
Robert Coleby	...	Lawyer
Gerry Day	...	Rev. Stewart
Robert Díaz	...	Hank
Todd Leigh	...	Scott
Gabriella Di Labio	...	Sally
Ariu Lang Sio	...	Porter
Kent Harding	...	Developer

Also Known As:

Returning Lily (Australia) (video title) (USA) (working title)
A Mother's Choice (cable TV title)

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Von Zerneck Sertner Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Kala takes Emma to see the family altar, he rests his right hand on the altar and reaches to put down the flowers he's holding in his left hand. There's a closeup of his hand placing the flowers down, and they're suddenly in his right hand.

Soundtrack:

Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World

firm 5

This movie is quite good for spending an evening with it. Actually I caught it on Hallmark channel, so it means it' supposed to be made for the whole family. So the main lack of the movie is the ending, completely unreal. Probably it was dictated by that obvious rule - tell the moral at the end and praise the family values. What we got? Woman, that is every day tortured by the daughter, who complains that mom doesn't understand her, husband, that drawn in the routine of life and turned his family life into deadly boring thing. And when she met gorgeous guy who fall in love with her, what does she do after? Yeah according to these stupid family movies' rules - return to her family - back to her home hell. I mean she had chance to escape everything that burdened her in life before she came to Hawaii. This decision seems to me unreal. The end of "Tempted" is like banishing from Paradise. The heroine doesn't look like she's making the step to new or at least refreshed life. She's bravely returning to her family, but it does look like if she's making a DEED - not a joy or happiness. The views of Hawaii - beautiful nature and Jason Momoa will be a bonus:))while watching.