This movie is great from start to finish. The acting, the actors, the story, writing, ending, and everything else that makes it up is terrific. It is showed pretty frequently on Lifetime, so try to catch it the next time it's on.
The acting is great. Kellie Martin is fabulous as usual. Here she plays a battered wife that seeks out for revenge. The entire cast does a superb job. Like I said, Martin is great in almost any role that she's given but she does a particularly good job in this movie. Her portrayal of an unhappy young wife trying to leave a marriage is nice.
The writing and the script is good. Especially the writing that is given to Martin's character. Her life and the incidents that occur in the marriage are shown in a certain light to make the audience sympathize with Katie Liner. No other way to tell the story than to let us see just how miserable one can get. Along with the pain and suffering.
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In the scene where the camera moves away from the Liner house after Katie confronts her husband, is interesting. We hear a gunshot but aren't sure as to who was shot. We find out that it is the young wife and mother who now has to be arrested by her own father. How can't you feel sad for her? Just for that short ten seconds or however long it took for me to realize that Katie was the killer was great. It all builds up and I think that everybody can feel good for her.
This movie is great not only because it has a great cast, but because it is a serious problem that many of women deal with. For anybody who deals with this awful problem, maybe it can help them. You never know.
For anyone who has not seen this yet, I'm not going to give the ending away but just say that I was very happy. If it would have ended in the other way that it could have, I would've been very disappointed. But that happens with most movies.
"If Someone Had Known" being one of my favorite TV movies, and starring one of my favorite actresses, I can say that I am able to view this film over and over. I just never get tired of it. Very well done.
The acting is great. Kellie Martin is fabulous as usual. Here she plays a battered wife that seeks out for revenge. The entire cast does a superb job. Like I said, Martin is great in almost any role that she's given but she does a particularly good job in this movie. Her portrayal of an unhappy young wife trying to leave a marriage is nice.
The writing and the script is good. Especially the writing that is given to Martin's character. Her life and the incidents that occur in the marriage are shown in a certain light to make the audience sympathize with Katie Liner. No other way to tell the story than to let us see just how miserable one can get. Along with the pain and suffering.
*~spoiler~*
In the scene where the camera moves away from the Liner house after Katie confronts her husband, is interesting. We hear a gunshot but aren't sure as to who was shot. We find out that it is the young wife and mother who now has to be arrested by her own father. How can't you feel sad for her? Just for that short ten seconds or however long it took for me to realize that Katie was the killer was great. It all builds up and I think that everybody can feel good for her.
This movie is great not only because it has a great cast, but because it is a serious problem that many of women deal with. For anybody who deals with this awful problem, maybe it can help them. You never know.
For anyone who has not seen this yet, I'm not going to give the ending away but just say that I was very happy. If it would have ended in the other way that it could have, I would've been very disappointed. But that happens with most movies.
"If Someone Had Known" being one of my favorite TV movies, and starring one of my favorite actresses, I can say that I am able to view this film over and over. I just never get tired of it. Very well done.
