Abducted: A Father's Love (TV Movie 1996) Poster

(1996 TV Movie)

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5/10
Suspenseful but with the usual plot holes
newslogger4410 April 2017
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***Spoiler Alert***

Why didn't the father disguise himself while on the run? You would think that with movies of this type, a man fleeing the law or criminal bent on catching him would cut or dye his hair, grow a beard, change his clothing style--even wear a hat from time to time to throw off pursuers? Loni Anderson changed her look in "Necessity" (1988) when running from her drug-dealer boyfriend who had ordered a hit on her.

Another plot flaw: in "Abducted: A Father's Love", in the gas station scene where the FBI agent is questioning the station owner, why didn't Larry Coaster simply stay behind the wall where he was already hiding out of sight? Instead, he foolishly panics and runs right past the FBI guy! Who would actually do that in real life?

Reminds me of the countless films I've see where a car is chasing a running person, and what does the runner do? He/she runs down the middle of the street! BAD IDEA! No, instead he/she doesn't think to jump toward the curb or leap for the nearest doorway or--better yet- -suddenly run in the opposite direction thereby forcing the car driver to awkwardly reverse. No, the runner stays on the road and either gets hit or shot or whatever. Arrgh!
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8/10
Suspected Abuse, On the run
mollidew1 April 2010
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I thought this was a very good TV movie. I am not sure why Stephanie Kramer was brought up and singled out because her part was very small and she did a great job. She was known on Hunter but she is an excellent performing vocalist for years. She was good as the attorney for the defendant once he was apprehended. The only criticism I could see is they glossed over the aspect of abuse on the mother's end. He may have over-reacted but he did for good reasons. I don't think it was a showcase for the woman's underground but it did show it existed and that they didn't realize it could be the mother who committed the abuse because it was rare for the man to take off with the kids for that particular reason. All in all the acting seemed fine and the movie was entertaining.
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4/10
Lame movie
lswote21 August 2003
The plot was just an excuse to sensationalize the underground woman's movement and the logic wasn't very good. When Stephanie Kramer showed up in the role as the defendant's lawyer I was sure the outcome was supposed to be a "shocker" as she was big at the time this movie was made having recently come off the "Hunter" TV series and was doing the fading celebrity thing.
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10/10
It was a really good movie.
pirateprincess238112 October 2008
I saw the movie Abducted:A Father's Love and I thought it was a good movie and I kinda felt bad for his character and didn't go to prison for kidnapping his daughter.He was very good at hiding from the law and made sure he wasn't caught and when the policeman saw him in the store and ran after him and he was running and I was 'like run,run get out of there'.I really felt bad for the little girl because the mother wasn't caring for her and Larry Coaster(Chris Noth) was the only one who really cared for the baby.I think he did the right thing to get the baby from her mother and take her and be on the run to get help from those women for Mother's who women go to so they can get away from their abusive husbands.
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