Cries in the Dark

2006
5.2| 1h30m| en| More Info
Released: 15 September 2006 Released
Producted By: MarVista Entertainment
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Detective Carrie Macklin and her little sister Elle had always been the closest of friends. But when Elle goes missing after a run-in with a relocated sex offender, it is up to Carrie to find her little sister...who is nine months pregnant. Carrie begins to suspect Elle's husband, Scott, may be involved. Family tensions run high as it's a race against time to find Elle and her baby

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Acensbart Excellent but underrated film
Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
jwilli1265 The story was based on the very realistic happenings that occur in this sick world of ours today. The problem with the movie is that the actions of the police, the heroine and the parent the movie were so far fetched and unrealistic that it made the movie not worth watching. Over the years, I come to expect Lifetime movies to be a tad on the corny side. But they are generally very clean and devoid of gratuitous sex and violence so I always watch them. To me that is a worthwhile swap. This movie was over the top and very predictable. The movie did have a bright spot and that was Eva. Not her role mind you, but just watching her was wonderful.
Taraisfab I watched this movie when I was almost nine months pregnant, and the sad fate of the main character's pregnant sister gave me one or two brief moments of terror when I heard bumps in the night. Despite this, I thoroughly enjoyed the film, and taped it when it showed again, so I can dip into it occasionally. The plot is based on real life cases of 'womb raiders' - people who kill pregnant women to steal their babies. A police woman who is very close to her sister Elle is perplexed when Elle vanishes into thin air. It first of all seems that a sex offender has abducted her, but when she shows up dead with her child removed from her body, the race is on to find the killer and most importantly, the baby girl who might possibly still be alive.The characters in the movie were all likable - even the cheating husband had some redeeming qualities. And like other reviewers have said, the standout performance came from Eva LaRue Callaghan. She had the right mix of confidence and humour as a successful policewoman at the beginning of the movie, which changed into anger and determination when she lost her beloved sister, determination and drive when she hunted the killer, and finally, warmth and kindness when she reached out to her overbearing mother and cheating brother in law. The movie matter is certainly disturbing, although delivered in as gentle a way as humanly possible, and not for pregnant ladies, but once baby is safely delivered, settle down for an enjoyable and engaging couple of hours!!
clareg-944-946145 Home from work sick and watched this horrid piece of crap. Predictable storyline and no real mysteries here. The script was not well written at all and full of clichés. The only mystery here is what was "Scott", a youngish and good looking guy, doing messing around with "Rosa" who was older and not attractive at all........ The actress who played Carrie the policewoman was okay but I don't get the other reviewers who thought she was so tremendous. Best of the bunch is the actor who played her partner. A very disappointing movie. From the credits it appears that it is a Canadian production. Surely we can do better than this?
heatherw-3 The only redeeming feature of this movie was the acting by Eva LaRue Callahan. The story is hardly fresh (apparently the police in movie-land never listen to the news), the characters were flat as could be, the heavy handed backstory via "conversation" at the start of the movie between the sisters might as well have come via a Greek chorus for its subtlety, relationships were never fully examined... The "surprise" twist at the end was so obvious from the outset, again, where's the Greek chorus when you need it? The biggest problem the movie seemed to suffer from, though, was that it played like a mystery, with the focus being on the "crime solving" instead of the interpersonal relationships, but from the outset the writers basically told us who committed the crime. So instead of either trying to work it out with the police, or spending our time exploring the relationships between the characters, we end up wondering why they're so slow and dense. (And hello, the final scenes tying up all lose ends through more oral exposition is NOT giving your characters backstory and depth in any useful way.) Callahan, though, managed to give her character depth with the weakest of material, so while we never find out exactly why she and her sister were so incredibly close, we do feel it. This, along with hope that at some point the movie would get even a quarter of an inch below the surface, was all that could keep me watching. And as it ends, I'm wondering what I can do to get the last two hours of my Lifetime back.

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