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Release Date:
4 October 2004 (USA)
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She doesn't trust outsiders. But an outsider is her only hope. more
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An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child. full summary | add synopsis
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Amish
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Pregnancy
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Based On Novel
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Excellent acting, inferior film-making.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mariska Hargitay | ... | Ellie Harrison |
 | Alison Pill | ... | Katie Fitch |
 | Jan Niklas | ... | Aaron Fitch |
 | Kate Trotter | ... | Sarah Fitch |
 | Alec McClure | ... | Jacob Fitch |
| Robert Bockstael | ... | George Calloway |
| Colin Fox | ... | Bishop Stoflus |
 | Jonathan LaPaglia | ... | Cooper |
 | Laura Leigh Hughes | ... | Det. Lisa Munro |
| Catherine Disher | ... | Leda |
| Andrew Martin-Smith | ... | Samuel Stoflus |
| Christopher Ralph | ... | Adam Sinclair |
| Jeremy Akerman | ... | Judge |
| Mauralea Austin | ... | Jury foreman |
| Nigel Bennett | ... | Jeremy Whitmore |
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Jodi Picoult, the author of Plain Truth, and her family were on the set of the movie as Amish extras.
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Continuity: Just before 53 minutes into the movie, when Ellie is talking to Cooper, her necklace keeps going in and out of her sweater between shots.
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COULD have been a fine film, but the slipshod script and corny manipulations made it annoying instead. Oh for intelligent dialogue and more plausible story clashes: Katie insists on telling the plain truth in court, and yet has had no compunction re lying to Ellie at every turn.
Easy on the eyes, this film is flakey on the brain and thus misses the heart. I am sure the author of the book felt sad to see what became of her sensitive story.
The cast did their admirable best, especially the main family as well as Hargitay and LaPaglia. Kate Trotter's subtle genius as the mother was the highlight of the film. These gifted actors surely deserved better than a director who seems to assume his viewers are plain stupid. Watchable, yes, but what a let-down!