It is implied in the title of "My Little Girl is Gone" (a.k.a., "Eve of Abduction") that this film is about the kidnapping of little Caitlin Carver and that her mom, Stephanie, desperately seeks her return. But that is actually only a subplot to the far more interesting conflict of father and son, which takes on Oedipal proportions.
Young Shane Seaverson distrusts his father, Jameson. Still recovering from the death of his mother, Shane believes that his father is a monster who pushed the mother off a cliff. The tension between father and son is palpable throughout the film.
In a bizarre subplot, Shane kidnaps little Caitlin after the speedy marriage of his dad to Stephanie. The kid is tracked down and the family reunited. But things come to a head when Stephanie's partner and bestie, Lila, is murdered after investigating Jameson and learning that he is spilling red ink in his business. Another interesting development is that Stephanie's ex-husband Henry shows up wanting to rekindle the flames in their burnt-out relationship.
The filmmakers develop good suspense and keep the audience guessing about the truth of Jameson Seaverson. In a sale of her designer purses to the Walford Designs Affiliated corporation, Stephanie stands to make a fortune on her purses. A loose end in the film was that Stephanie had placed her daughter's name as the sole inheritor of her business proceeds. So, Jameson would receive nothing in the event of her demise.
The most unusual scenes in the film are those of the bonding of Stephanie with her stepson. Is Shane a troubled youth? Or, does he know something about his father's past that is a shameful and horrific as the Greek myth about a fateful pairing of a father and son?
Young Shane Seaverson distrusts his father, Jameson. Still recovering from the death of his mother, Shane believes that his father is a monster who pushed the mother off a cliff. The tension between father and son is palpable throughout the film.
In a bizarre subplot, Shane kidnaps little Caitlin after the speedy marriage of his dad to Stephanie. The kid is tracked down and the family reunited. But things come to a head when Stephanie's partner and bestie, Lila, is murdered after investigating Jameson and learning that he is spilling red ink in his business. Another interesting development is that Stephanie's ex-husband Henry shows up wanting to rekindle the flames in their burnt-out relationship.
The filmmakers develop good suspense and keep the audience guessing about the truth of Jameson Seaverson. In a sale of her designer purses to the Walford Designs Affiliated corporation, Stephanie stands to make a fortune on her purses. A loose end in the film was that Stephanie had placed her daughter's name as the sole inheritor of her business proceeds. So, Jameson would receive nothing in the event of her demise.
The most unusual scenes in the film are those of the bonding of Stephanie with her stepson. Is Shane a troubled youth? Or, does he know something about his father's past that is a shameful and horrific as the Greek myth about a fateful pairing of a father and son?