The Pastor's Wife (2011 TV Movie)
8/10
Surprisingly good Rose McGowan
29 July 2013
Warning: Spoilers
This true life case appeared in the news a lot - Mary Winkler a young mother of 3 daughters shot and killed her seemingly kind loving pastor husband in the back in bed. She claimed abuse. She got a very short sentence. This puzzling case captured a lot of attention.

Rose McGowan is convincing as the enigmatic Mary. She looks shell shocked and is quite appropriately spaced out. The blank stare looks a lot like what we have seen on the news.

It's quite well done how they show the public witnessed version of events first and then gradually the alleged private version where the abuse took place.

The murdered pastor Matthew Winkler is played by Michael Shanks who gives quite a convincing performance especially explosive in the alleged abuse situation.

Leaves one with an unsettled feeling whether the abuse actually took place and he was a perverted abuser or she got too lightly away with murdering him in a huge miscarriage of justice.
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