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Loss of Faith

  • TV Movie
  • 19981998
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
187
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Loss of Faith (1998)
  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
A crime novelist searches for a missing baby at his sister's behest and makes painful discoveries about himself along the way.A crime novelist searches for a missing baby at his sister's behest and makes painful discoveries about himself along the way.A crime novelist searches for a missing baby at his sister's behest and makes painful discoveries about himself along the way.
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
187
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Allan A. Goldstein
  • Writer
    • Donald Martin
  • Stars
    • John Ritter
    • Sophie Lorain
    • Daphne Zuniga
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  • Director
    • Allan A. Goldstein
  • Writer
    • Donald Martin
  • Stars
    • John Ritter
    • Sophie Lorain
    • Daphne Zuniga
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    • 2User reviews
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    John Ritter in Loss of Faith (1998)
    John Ritter and Jack Langedijk in Loss of Faith (1998)
    Roddy McDowall in Loss of Faith (1998)
    John Ritter in Loss of Faith (1998)
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    John Ritter
    John Ritter
    • Bruce Simon Barkeras Bruce Simon Barker
    Sophie Lorain
    Sophie Lorain
    • Beth Barkeras Beth Barker
    Daphne Zuniga
    Daphne Zuniga
    • Claire Haineyas Claire Hainey
    Gabrielle Boni
    Gabrielle Boni
    • Olivia Barkeras Olivia Barker
    Linda Roy
    • Josianneas Josianne
    Michele Scarabelli
    Michele Scarabelli
    • Catherineas Catherine
    Samantha Eggar
    Samantha Eggar
    • Insp. Strongas Insp. Strong
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • Henry Stokesas Henry Stokes
    Jack Langedijk
    Jack Langedijk
    • Jeremy Mortonas Jeremy Morton
    Tony Nardi
    Tony Nardi
    • Victoras Victor
    Martin Paris
    • Adrian Mitchelsonas Adrian Mitchelson
    Maxime Paris
    • Adrian Mitchelsonas Adrian Mitchelson
    Simon Paris
    • Adrian Mitchelsonas Adrian Mitchelson
    Vincent Sheffield
    • Uniformed Copas Uniformed Cop
    Mutsumi Takahashi
    • Suzy Tanakaas Suzy Tanaka
    • Director
      • Allan A. Goldstein
    • Writer
      • Donald Martin
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      John Ritter accepted the part of Bruce Barker to fulfill a lifetime goal; to throw the first pitch at a Montreal Expos home game. Ritter's goal was to do this at every stadium in professional baseball and he managed to do so at Olympic Stadium between filming.
    • Goofs
      On Victor's feigned suicide note, Catherine's name is spelled with a 'K.'
    • Quotes

      Henry Stokes: [on Mr. Hainey, the father of Catherine Mitchelson and Claire Hainey] He was a very private man.

      Bruce Simon Barker: Secretive seems more accurate. Isn't it true? He used to beat and molest the two girls, and you knew but did nothing? By the way, you were out of the office at the time of Adrian's abduction. I checked with your secretary!

      Henry Stokes: Oh, this is how you bait people to say things they might regret?

      Bruce Simon Barker: Usually works.

      Henry Stokes: I assume that you are familiar with our libel and slander legislation?

      Bruce Simon Barker: Oh. This is how you scare people to stop saying things you might regret?

      Henry Stokes: Usually works. You may leave now, Mr. Parker.

      Bruce Simon Barker: Barker.

    • Connections
      Spoofs Sling Blade (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Tell Me No Lies
      Composed by Larry Cohen

      Performed by Gina Seram

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    1/10
    A Waste Of Good Actors, As The Film Is Taken Down By A Wretched Script.
    This reviewer makes a point of stressing at least one praiseworthy element within each film under discussion, no matter how dreadful the overall work may be, but such becomes an enormously formidable task in this instance, as nothing springs to mind largely due to an execrably written script, marrowless direction, quaintly inappropriate cinematography, flawed post-production efforts, specially relative to the sound track, while even the production and set designing calls undue notice to itself. Shot principally in Montreal for Canadian television distribution, its video title an awkward THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING, the film features John Ritter as Simon Barker, an alcoholic true crime writer of whom it has been discovered that he is highly competent in investigative matters, and is therefore utilized to assist in solving homicides that are apparently too complex for the capabilities of the local metropolitan police department's homicide unit, under the supervision of Simon's sister "Inspector Strong" (Samantha Eggar), also a sot, with Barker constructing a best-seller based upon his findings after the resolution of each case, and allotting a percentage of his book income to his sister, because the literary exposition of the crime solving obviously warrants that degree of reader fascination necessary to gather a loyal and well-paying coterie of followers. The crime at hand is, however, not initially one involving murder, but rather kidnapping of an infant (multiple killings to follow) and Simon is soon fraternizing with the kidnap victim's highly dysfunctional family, consisting of a pair of sisters, each hampered by the other's sharing the physical attentions from the husband of one of them, while at the same time Barker attempts to mend his marital breakup, with his teenaged daughter urging him to do so (a typically uneven aspect of the production is a striking visual dissimilitude between blood relatives). The work, therefore, becomes encased within a framework of psychodrama that includes Simon's rather cursory struggle with alcoholism, his efforts to regain the esteem of his former wife in the face of her dismay that he is possibly placing his daughter's life in jeopardy by permitting her to accompany him to crime scenes, the hatred between the contentious sisters over the desired husband (Tony Nardi) along with the latter's endeavours to find a balance between his wife and mistress, the whereabouts of the ofttimes overlooked kidnapped child (played, dependent upon baby behaviour, by triplets), a hopelessly inept and drunken police official and, adding to the mix, the family attorney to the sisters (Roddy McDowall) who has secrets of his own (that are never disclosed). Unfortunately, another item not revealed within the narrative is the identity of the person responsible for one of the slayings, a characteristic drawback of this movie that, in spite of a potentially ingratiating cast of Canadian and American players, falls prey to the script's overage of red herrings, most of which are as telegraphed as is the frequently pretentious dialogue. During one sequence, a character is shot to death while seated at his desk from several feet off, a round penetrating his chest, by an anonymous gloved assassin, who then places the weapon next the victim. In a remarkable subsequent scene, it is disclosed that the police forensic lab has provided hardly startling information that "the angle" of the wound indicates that the death could not have been by suicide! Michele Scarabelli, who is cast as one of the skirmishing sisters, is a natural and skilled actress but she, in addition to Daphne Zuniga (the other sister), Eggar and McDowall, patently lack strong directoral oversight here while Ritter, an able and flexible player, staunchly wades through his scenes, doing his best as also do most of the other actors as they mouth their predictable lines. The accomplished Nardi is unaccountably cursed during his most important scenes with jittery hand-held camera silliness that obviates any attempt he might have made to create his role. All in all, this is a misfire from its outset. Allan Goldstein, who has directed with refinement upon occasion during his career, is seemingly defeated by a woefully written screenplay.
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    • Release date
      • November 15, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pérdida de fe
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Productions SDA
      • Super Ecran
      • The Movie Network (TMN)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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