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| Ellen Burstyn |
Brian Walker (Tate Donovan of Nancy Drew) bids his family good-bye to go to a writer's retreat. When days go by without a word from Brian, his mother Joan (Ellen Burstyn of (Same Time, Next Year), brother Stephen (Sam Robards), and father Larry (Nicholas Pryor) -- who apparently lives apart from the others -- begin to worry and start to search for him. Joan is told by police that he can't be considered a missing person until thirty days go by, but even when the deadline passes they don't put his name in the system. Alarmed at police disinterest, Joan contacts a private eye named Jim Conway (Robert Prosky), whom she convinces to search for her son. Just when things get hopeless, Conway gets a lead, a lead that the FBI could have also uncovered if they had just been more concerned and diligent ...
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| Sam Robards and Nicholas Pryor |
Verdict: Absorbing, well-done made-for-TV crime drama. ***.
5 comments:
Need to see this one; I remember missing it when it was first aired, and I am a HUGE Burstyn fan. Have you ever seen the one where she becomes a healer after a near-death experience? Resurrection? That was around this time...of course, Alice Doesn't Live Here is a masterpiece that I need to write about someday!
-Chris
And I'll look forward to reading your post about that film! I have seen "Resurrection" but not for many years.
Thanks for your comments. Have a great weekend!
Greetings. Interesting blog. Google brought me here for your post on this movie.
I streamed it awhile ago and was impressed. It isn't anything too awesome, but it is certainly entertaining, holding the attention with its sense of doom for Brian. The shot of him out on the highway with his VW before the movie turns to his family until the end just screams, "No, Brian, no!"
Thank you, Jacob, I appreciate your comments. I think you've captured the film perfectly with your line "it isn't anything too awesome but it is certainly entertaining." That's true. The fact that it's also a true story makes you want to see a happy ending, but alas, that isn't the case. Sad story, as this guy did absolutely nothing wrong but try to be a good Samaritan.
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