Taken Away (2014 TV Movie) User Reviews

Get your facts straight before you publish them in a movie

[kourtneymholmes · 4/10 · 22 November 2014]

I was bothered how in the beginning of the movie the women adopting the baby was guaranteed by her doctor that she could not have children because she had PCOS and that it has been thoroughly researched. This is not true. PCOS isn't new and it is well know that women with PCOS can still have children, even though it may be more difficult. with proper treatment and changes in diet and exercise women can have children, this coming from a woman who has been diagnosed with PCOS and also expecting. There were some other misleading statements but of all of them the one related to PCOS is what disturbed me the most.

Also I wasn't to fond of the ending

Shallow, clichéd, and predictable

[k925 · 2/10 · 17 November 2014]

Throughout this movie, the dialogue was stilted, with a very shallow understanding of the real emotions involved. The adoptive parents were not portrayed accurately, but this is the fault of the writers, not the actors. The senator father was stereotypical.

The plot was a bit far-fetched to begin with, and became more so as it went along.

The college boyfriend kept urging her to fight for custody, even after she said the baby was with good parents.

The acting was very good in the birth mother's emotional plea at the mediation hearing, but the adoptive mother's reaction was totally unrealistic. The "happily ever after" ending was just too much.

Waste of My Time

[smartgirl-162-514757 · 1/10 · 17 November 2014]

The only reason this movie gets a one is because the system won't accept a zero. This is a terrible movie. Do NOT waste your time. When it ended, my two even-tempered roommates and I were furious. The worst thing is that the girl gets the baby in the end when no system would ever allow such a thing. What she did was illegal! She stole the family's file and used it to track them down and visit them. She claimed to be someone she wasn't and made a mess of things. When it came down to it, she was not at all after what was best for her child and therefore should not have had the baby in the end. She should have been sued by the parents for stealing their private information. Again, worst movie ever made by Lifetime.

decent

[Kirpianuscus · 24 June 2017]

a sensitive theme. decent story. reasonable performances. and a touching story, more for the young actress work than for the effort of adoptive parents. politic, motherhood, an error of a teenager , a wise solution from parents and the fight for the child. sure, the critics are many about accuracy and credibility. important is the reasonable way to translate in images a drama so painful than it is obvious difficult to understand it if you are out of it. short, one of many films in Hallmark style. touching, dramatic, exploring appearances of a delicate theme in reasonable manner.

Worthless

[Western · 1/10 · 10 October 2018]

Not accurate, .made for the not so bright viewer. There are such things as background checks! No spoiler here but it is a spoiler of a movie.

A forced adoption

[lippylip26 · 9/10 · 24 April 2020]

I was reading the comments of the other viewers and although they do make very valid points about the legality of the main players in the drama I enjoyed the movie emensly because the story is very close to my story with my mother been forced to give away her son by her mother She felt my mother was to old to bring up a child so I was put up for adoption The family I went to ironically was a family even older than my mom My adopted mom couldn't have children after being exposed To German Measles while pregnant So far I'm still on track with the theme of the movie Unlike the birth mother here I grew up not knowing I was adopted until I found out axcidently at the age of thirty four Once I found out I decided not to look until both my parents were dead I realized the consequences might me never meeting my birth family but it was a risk I was prepared to take I eventually found them but sadly my mom had already passed on eleven years before I found out That's the base story of why this movie gets to me My adopted mom was paranoid about me, sheltering me and watching me like a hawk, worrying that my birth mom would come take me away In this case her baby was taken from her under duress (made to sign papers while not in a fully conscious state

Her father was more interested in protecting his name from scandal because he was on the way up and couldn't afford the adverse publicity that would come with an illegitimate grandchild So he connived to put the baby up for adoption While his daughter was semi conscious after the birth and drugged he got his wife to get his daughter to sign the papers giving the baby away A lovely couple adopts the baby and are very happy Because the mother was unable to have children But this next part is the sad part and I can feel for them Especially because it could have been my adopted parents The mother illegally goes work at the adoption home in the hope of finding her child After finding the parents she visits them posing as a social Worker then does her best to get her daughter back Ultimately the truth of her charade is discovered and poses a threat to get her daughter back because of the illegaliality of how she got the information She could have been jailed for her actions but she makes a passionate plea to the new parents begging them to give her baby back Ultimately they decide to do so and don't press charges against her Because of them giving back her daughter she bonds with them saying that her daughter will have two mothers Also out of respect for them giving her daughter back she decides to keep the baby's name that was given to her In the end Karma comes around and the woman discovers she's pregnant at last

Now one very salient point that did come out was that ultimately the truth will out irrespective of what anyone does The adoptee will if they so desire want to know more about his or her adoption When the search is done it would have come out that the child had been signed away under "duress" and that could destroy both families

As an adoptee I saw this happening sadly a bit to often Closed adoptions ultimately become open ones despite all attempts to conceal it My adoption was closed but when I started looking a program called SEARCH FOR YOUR ORIGINS had just been started Both adoptee and birth mom could put their names down with the hope of connecting In my case it had just started so even if I had known I wouldn't have been able to do anything about it

The people who are criterzing the show don't know what it's like to loose a child or have your child put up for adoption or the fear that adopted parents have hoping and praying that the day never comes that the birth parents never come into their lives

While the movie is flimsy the messages behind it are very powerful I'm reviewing this from an experience point of view having been there and got the T shirt hat and pants And not as just a superficial viewer As they say Don't let me critersize someone until i have walked a mike in their shoes