She marched into prison to scream at her son's killer. She didn't expect to need him.
It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers he's not the monster she thought he was.
Acting
Blair Brown's rage-to-vulnerability whiplash is masterclass.
Writing
The tagline's twisted promise pays off deliciously.
Direction
Chopra lets silences do murders.
Director
Joyce Chopra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a real 1993 case where a mother accepted a kidney from her daughter's killer; Hollywood couldn't resist the gender flip for extra tension.
Peak '90s TV movie territory: prestige actors doing 'important' cable dramas that let them ugly-cry for Emmys that never came.
US
CA
