Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

tomsview "And Never Let Her Go" proves the point that as far as murder mysteries are concerned, single crimes often work more effectively than serial killer movies where the body count is in the double figures.It allows for more depth to the characters and for more detail in the story. Serial killers get off on killing people and although there are slight variations, at the end of the day, their actions are fairly one-note. That's not the case with the one-off crime where there can be a myriad of reasons why it has occurred.This film is based on a true story that was well known in America. However I hadn't heard of it until I saw this film so there were surprises as the plot unfolds. Thomas Capano, played by the disarmingly smooth Mark Harmon, has a compulsive need to control the many women in his life. Studies claiming guys can only concentrate on one thing at a time fall flat here as Capano could hardly be accused of not being able to multitask.Not only was he having an affair with Anne Marie Fahey (Kathryn Morris) and another long-standing one with Christine Sheve (Rachel Ward), but there were other women along the way. All this while still being married with four daughters and holding down top jobs in the legal profession. When Anne Marie Fahey attempts to slip from his grasp, his need to control goes into overdrive while she doesn't realise how dangerous the situation has become. We don't see her murder, but view the events much as they are revealed to the investigators: homicide detective Frank Gugliatta (Paul Michael Glaser) and FBI agent Colm Connelly (Stephen Eckholt).There is complexity to the characters: Harmon's mother driven Capano, Kathryn Morris' vulnerable Anne Marie Fahey and Rachel Ward's trusting Christine Sheve. Rachel Ward is the big surprise, her calm demeanour gives her character the sense of a woman who seems well-grounded on the surface, but who is in many ways the most needy. The film was made before Thomas Capano's fate was decided, but that does not stop this being an intriguing drama with fascinating characters.

joe5472 Too bad a couple of comments before me don't know the facts of this case. It is based on actual events, a highly publicized disappearance and murder case taking place in the Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia PA region from '96 through 2000. I have to admit I was highly skeptical of how Hollywood would dramatize the actual history and events and was actually quite impressed on how close they stayed to what was constantly reported on local newscasts and Philadelphia Inquirer news stories throughout the time period. Of course I immediately pointed out that the actress (who I really like in Cold Case) who played Fahey looked nothing like her (Anne Marie was actually prettier). I have to admit though that Mark Harmon really nailed the type of personality that was revealed as Capano's and the behavior that Capano exhibited throughout this period. Details of the case were right on...no deviations of dramatic effect...even down to the carpet, gun, furniture, and cooler. In conclusion, I also wanted to add that I have met Tom Carper many times at various functions (a good man, despite being a politician) and I am so glad that he pulled the strings in the Federal realm necessary to solve this heinous crime. Guys like Capano are real and it was great to see him finally put behind bars.

blueiris2u I thought this movie did a good job of telling a very sad story that was told in Ann Rule's book of the same title. The movie as well as the book, and more importantly Anne Marie Fahey's life, conveys the ever important lesson, of self acceptance and love. I was very sad when the story of Annn Marie Fahey first became public. There was something so very sad and beautiful about her. It was disturbing that all her secrets were made public in the book and movie, something I think none of us would want for ourselves. I think that it is so important then, that those of us who look at this story, take away a gratitute to the life that was lost, and learn the lesson, to let no one make us feel we deserve to be manipulated and berated as Tom Capano did to Ann Marie Fahey.We simply can not just watch this as "entertainment" but rather as a labor of love from all who knew and loved Anne Marie. For any of us to make any kind of judgements such as "bux" did, is indeed an indication that we miss the true point of why this movie was made.

bux The fine cast cannot uplift this routine tale of a secretary murdered by her married paramour. In fact there are more questions than answers in this one-sided tale of romance and murder; and since we are only provided with the prosecution's side, none of these questions will be answered. This is the type of fare that appeals to the "He Woman, Man Hater" clubs of America. As presented, it is the tale of an innocent woman who just happens to be "caught up" in a romance with a married, high-profile attorney. Is it possible that IF, she had not been two timing her boy friend and having an affair with a married man, the whole nasty murderous, sordid incident could have been avoided? When you watch this, don't worry about going to the 'fridge, you won't miss anything.