The difficulties two sisters face raising their teenage daughters.The difficulties two sisters face raising their teenage daughters.The difficulties two sisters face raising their teenage daughters.
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- GoofsWhen Elizabeth walks down the school hall after making love with Mark, several students look directly into the camera.
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Elizabeth: [opens the door] Kelli's lying, okay? She hates Mark.
[throws bag to the right of the door]
Marie: How long are you gonna keep denying it?
Elizabeth: I-I fell - I tripped over the curb-I
[Marie grabs her from behind]
Marie: [hysterical, emotional] You look in the mirror!
Elizabeth: [mutters] Or what?
Marie: Tell me you did that to your face by falling!
[pushes past her]
Elizabeth: Mom - where -
[follows her mom, who goes to Elizabeth's room]
Elizabeth: Mom, what are you doing?
Marie: [starts rifling through her things] You weren't in a car accident the other night. He hit you, didn't he?
Elizabeth: No, no.
Marie: Kelli said she saw him crawling out of the window. He was here that night, wasn't he? You have been lying and you have been sneaking around to protect what? A boy who hits you?
[finds something in the drawer and Elizabeth vainly tries to get it back and she reads it aloud]
Marie: Sorry. Sorry. What does he have to be sorry for, Elizabeth?
[tears up the card]
Marie: You are never, ever seeing that boy again. You hear me?
Elizabeth: [emotional] You don't get it. I love him. I can't live without him; I will always love him.
Marie: [voice increases in volume] What is wrong with you? He hit you!
Elizabeth: You don't understand, okay? It was my fault!
[crying; Marie comes over and clasps her head in her hands]
Marie: You get that thought out of your head. Do you hear me?
[after some seconds embraces her with a deep sigh]
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Performed by Kari Kimmel
Written by Kari Kimmel
Published by Tzviah music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Tzviah music (ASCAP)
I am all for a film trying to show how important to be safe in relationships even if it's only a television film. I think it is important to expose this important issue and in the most serious manner which maybe could even save a life and the Lifetime channel would seem to be the perfect place for a TV film like this. The Lifetime channel seems to have a wide audience and they have made many films.
So why then is Reviving Opehia so cheesy when it's dealing with a such touchy and important subject?
Even though she is a victim of assault, Elizabeth is hard character to root for because she can get away from her abuser Mark and she is clearly something of a button-pusher. You obviously can't like Mark either because he is a guy beating up a woman and not taking responsibility for his actions. Keil (Carleigh Beverly) Elizabeth cousin, is the character in the middle who's supposed be trying to help Elizabeth get away from Mark but the two unlikable characters are in the way of her character realizing her full potential. Even Jane Kaczmarek as mother Marie Jones, previously known for good stuff like Malcolm in the Middle and Part of Five, falls short and her acting here is far from where it usually is. The cast does have some chemistry though everything is toned down due to this being a TV film. The plot really has only one subject and it really has little substance.
Reviving Ophelia is so full of problems that it's main message that "that abuse is bad" gets very lost in the middle of it. After that, it is a bit laughable and you keep watching because you have nothing else to do. We watched this in my high school Relationships class as we spent a whole unit learning about abusive relationships. Frankly, just about whole class laughed at this movie and my buddy next to me cracked some sex jokes and commented about all the attractive actresses that appear in this film. It did make this bad TV film seem more bearable.
- alexcomputerkid
- Jun 24, 2014
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