Justice for Natalee Holloway (2011)

This follow-up to the original movie "Natalee Holloway" closes in on the ongoing mystery of what exactly happened to the Alabama teenager who mysteriously disappeared during her senior class trip to Aruba.

Director:

Stephen Kay

Writer:

Teena Booth

Stars:

Tracy Pollan, Stephen Amell, Scott Cohen

Cast

Credited cast:
Tracy Pollan	...	Beth Holloway
Stephen Amell	...	Joran Van Der Sloot
Scott Cohen	...	John Q. Kelly
Amy Gumenick	...	Natalee Holloway
Michael Beach	...	Agent Delaney
Francesco Quinn	...	Ricardo Flores
Julio Oscar Mechoso	...	Det. Martinez
Melissa Ponzio	...	Debra Stanville
Grant Show	...	Jug Twitty
Hunter McGregor	...	Patrick Van Eem
Griff Furst	...	Agent Guidry
Dax Griffin	...	Wouter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Monica Acosta	...	Reporter
Will Beinbrink	...	Alan
Bruce Gerard Brown Jr.	...	F.B.I. Recordist

Storyline

Years after the mysterious murder of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, her obsessed mother Beth Holloway keeps hounding the suspect, college dropout part animal Joran Van Der Sloot, who sought safety in his parents home on semi-Dutch Aruba where the killing occurred, as there is no extradition treaty with the US. Joran however flirts with media exposure, exhausting his father's patience, and moves to Thailand. There the irresistible womanizer helps Dutch men recruit 'dancing girls' for Amsterdam bordellos, but is late to pay his dues to the mob behind it. So he practically confesses on a TV show and offers to reveal the corpse's whereabouts for cash. Beth and her attorney John Q. Kelly seek to set a trap with police and TV people, but Joran doesn't just walk into it.

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Plot Keywords:

beach | bare chested male | beating | disguise | kidnapping | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although a lot of the people depicted in this film are Dutch, none of the actors are.

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Connections

Follows Natalee Holloway (2009)

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Soundtracks

J'Adore Paris
"Paris Match"
Written by Fawn
Performed by Fawn
Courtesy of Stonedef Records

User Reviews

Decent Sequel to the 2009 Film

Justice for Natalee Holloway (2011)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Lifetime Movie is a sequel to their 2009 film NATALEE HOLLOWAY and picks up in 2010 on the five-year anniversary of her death. Beth Holloway (Tracy Pollan) is still trying to find out what happened to her daughter when the already strange case takes another turn when Joran Van Der Sloot (Stephen Amell) is arrested for murdering another girl. If you've followed this case like I have then there's not going to be any new twists or turns in this film but then again that was pretty much true for the first one. I was a little surprised to see how well-made this thing was and there's no question that it's a better movie than the 2009 one but at the same time there are a few too many flaws to really call this a good picture. The quality stuff includes the fact that director Stephen Kay plays a lot of the action as a crime-drama and he manages to build up some nice tension along the way. There's one sequence where the Alabama FBI are trying to get Joran on extortion charges and we get to see the sting done and the director really builds up some nice tension here as we flash back and forth between what's going on in the room as well as getting to see Beth's reaction to everything. Another good thing the film has going for it is that it appears Pollan is really into her role and I'd say her performance here is better than the first time around. It really does seem like she's been haunted by the disappearance of the daughter and I think Pollan gets this across without any problems. I was also impressed with Amell who does a nice job once the film really centers in on him and his character begins to crack. At just around 90-minutes, the movie has a very good pace to it and the thing never gets boring and I'm sure if you're not familiar with the case then the movie will certainly keep you drawn into the events. As I said, there are several problems that keeps this from being a good movie and one is that the screenplay, at times, goes off into this over-dramatic stuff where it seems like Beth is just giving speeches hoping that someone who nominates the Emmy's will take notice. There were a few too many times where the film goes off on this speeches and another problem are some of the liberties taken with the story. I don't mind things being changed because this is just what happens in bio-pics but at the same time them speculating what happens inside the hotel room just didn't sit right with me and it really didn't come off too good. Another problem is the director's decision to use a lot of split-screens, which just comes off very distracting. With that said, JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY is an improvement over the first film and while it tries to "end" everything it's well-known that these cases are on- going so I'm sure more films will follow.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Giustizia per Natalee

Company Credits

Production Co:

Louisiana Entertainment Screen Services - L.E.S.S., Frank von Zerneck Films, PeaceOut Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1