Jason Beghe, Seth Adkins, Shannon Lawson

A mother (Park Overall) searches for five years to find her kidnapped son (Seth Adkins) in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to dea...( read more  read more... )l with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of his kidnappers.

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Directed by: Artie Mandelberg

Release Date: October 30, 2000

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  • June 22, 2008
    The film centres on Gail, whose second husband Eddie has become a loving father figure to her three-year-old son Andrew, with the three of them forming a close family unit. However, Andrew's natural father Ted still have visitation rights so one summer afternoon he arrives to tak...( read more)e his young son for the day. Only this time, he has no intention of returning the boy. Five years pass, during which a devastated Gail never gives up on her son, when suddenly Ted calls and announces he's sending Andrew home. But the withdrawn, emotionally-stunted eight-year-old Gail and Eddie collect is a far cry from the sunny-natured toddler they remembered. Gail soon discovers that while she might physically have her son back, she faces another fight to help this skittish, traumatised child reintegrate into the family and into society in general while finding the key to unlocking what brutalities he endured at the hands of his father during the years he was missing. Young Seth Adkins was absolutely phenomenal as Andrew, giving a breath-taking performance of a little boy who is emotionally deeply hurt and whose behaviour is almost feral in nature. Through Adkins', you truly get a sense that Andrew is very much a frustrated and angry boy taught to react on instinct, knowing what he's doing is often wrong but is unable to stop himself even though he really does just want to be 'normal'. Park Overall also gives a strong performance as Gail, the devoted mother who is determined never to give up on her son while battling her own underlying guilt for letting him go with Ted in the first place.
  • September 26, 2007
    Park overall is an asesome actress.. she done a wonderful job in this movie
  • June 13, 2008
    The father who kidnapped the son made him think that his mother didn't love him.
  • March 20, 2008
    WOW!!... I love movies like this.. Man that makes me sound crazy.. but I love how they play out.. I want to see it so bad.
  • January 3, 2008
    This is an excellant film. It's appauling it's a true story. How somebody could treat their own son like that, for so long too.
  • September 3, 2007
    I dislike abuse towards any kids... it changes them forever...

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