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"A murder. A suspect. A shadow of a doubt."

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

Top Cast

  • Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep

    Carolyn Ryan

  • Liam Neeson

    Liam Neeson

    Ben Ryan

  • Edward Furlong

    Edward Furlong

    Jacob Ryan

  • Julia Weldon

    Julia Weldon

    Judith Ryan

  • Alfred Molina

    Alfred Molina

    Panos Demeris

  • Daniel von Bargen

    Daniel von Bargen

    Fran Conklin

  • John Heard

    John Heard

    Wendell Bye

  • Ann Magnuson

    Ann Magnuson

    Terry Taverner

  • Alison Folland

    Alison Folland

    Martha Taverner

Overview

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

Rating

5.9 / 10
211 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Apr 24, 2022

    Edward Furlong "Jacob" puts in a reasonable effort here, but otherwise this is a really unremarkable drama that muddles along despite rather than because of the two stars at the top of the bill. When a young girl is murdered, he is the suspect and so dad "Liam Neeson" immediately takes steps to help his son by destroying what looks like damning evidence. The ensuing court case pushes the usual array of buttons as the intra-familial relationships between him, his father, mother (Meryl Streep) and sister "Judith" (Julia Weldon) are strained. Alfred Molina is actually quite plausible as the win-at-all-costs lawyer "Demeris" and we plod along, glacially, to a ending about which I couldn't actually care. It's not a terrible film, all of the cast deliver what is asked of them, but the narrative meanders all over the shop all too often; the dialogue and faux-emotional scenes are flat and the ending just re-iterated a question that so many of these pointless dramas are predicated on... Why not just go to the police in the first place and rely on them to do their jobs properly?

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