Twilightfa
Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
Aubrey Hackett
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Edwin
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
kedem524
I liked the concept of the movie, which involved an 11 year old boy who was kidnapped from his parents when he was three by a couple who raised him as their son, and the boy running away to find his real parents after finding out that he was kidnapped. The previous person to write a comment on this film asked if there is a biography on this boy. This work is fiction as far as I believe, but I am also wondering if it is based on an actual case. If not a "true story", I am assuming this film was loosely inspired by the case of other kidnapped children who returned to their parents, especially Steven Stayner. He was the kid who was kidnapped at seven years of age in 1972 and made it back to his parents after living with his captor for seven years; and the TV film about that case (I Know My First name is Steven) was made one year before this film.I liked this film except for the parts with the characters getting murdered, attempting to murder, or killing themselves (the death of the kidnapper's other son not being an accident, Meredith Baxter's character shooting her husband, her trying to kill Billy/Tommy when he goes to his real mother, and her killing herself at the end of the film). These scenes I feel take away from the human story of this film and make is less real and more like a generic TV thriller. I believe that with such a story about a boy trying to return to his real parents it should be told more as a drama rather than as a thriller that's more scary than realistic. Also, I would have rather had the home where Billy's real mother lives be less grim (i.e. more spacious and the mother being married). If he went to live with his real mother, they should have had him move in with both his mother and his father and to a home not looking more grim than the one he moved out of.
holdensmommy_122703
i saw this movie last night on lifetime for woman...It brought tears to my eyes...all those years him finding out that isn't really his parents....i would love to know if there is a biography on this boy? cos I would love to see what happened after....and I do have one Q...how did he know where his parents lived if he was only like 3 years old? How did he know where to look for his mothers home? well if you know or know where i can find his biography please let me know...i cant find one and curious....this movie was just awesome and an tear jerker...I would recommend it to anyone who just loves a good story...don't you just love happy endings? after I watched this move My son of course was in bed cos it was really late..I just had to go lay beside him...any mother that has to go through such a dramatic position.....just makes you thank god for what you have and I'm gonna hold on to my son for life, well at least till he is 18...LOL well it was a good movie!
CaraKelley
I saw this movie years ago, and it has stuck with me. The plot carries many twist and angles that are above the usual petaphile/kidnapping plot-lines. Suspense levels are engaging.
Although he is allowed in the public world, armed with only a slight memory of a warm and bonding moment from his real mother, the boy must seek his home alone as he feels no one will believe him or may betray him to his captors. It is very creative how the story lays out, and the writers are applauded by this viewer for such a great closing to the story.Well done, writers, actors, director and staff whom worked on developing this movie!
og_byrne
This film his a good little thriller made for tv. The story of Billy who find up on his dream that he have been kidnaped when he was a child his very interesting(Imagine finding up that the parents you lived all your life with his not your real parents and Worst that the woman who call herself your mom his a criminal). First of all let's talk about the good things about the film:1 . Meredith Baxter was simply brilliant as Florence Tulane.She made a great baddy and her performance would have been great on a big screen(really she was that good).2.Nathaniel Moreau was ok as Billy of course not the best but for a kid actor it wasn't bad at all.3.I loved all the bits were Billy run far away as possible from his crazy mom (not his real one)who his chasing after him and who his getting crazier and crazier as she looking for him.Now the bad things about it:1.Good job the story and acting was ok because it was very poorly directed,the scenes were all over the places and somme of them didn't advance the story in any way.2. Their his also the story of Billy's teacher who his starting to find his mother a bit odd and start doing research on Billy's parents.It was a good element BUT they didn't finish it.On the last scene with the teacher we just see her telling an other teacher "I had a talk with Billy's mom and she's odd"or something like dad but then you dont see the caracter anymore??????it's like if they started something but they were too lazy to finish it off,I dont know they could have done the mother killing the teacher or something.2.The music was bad quality.3. I loved the young girl Billy make freinds with on the bus but again they didn't know how to handle a good caractere and had to let her go after 15 minutes on screen.
Anyway not a bad film ,but definitely not great.it's what I call an ok film. But I tell you, you take Meredith Baxter,the same story , a good director and you put it on a cinema screen and it got what it takes to be a kick ass movie.
