SummaryThe Lifetime TV movie about the kidnapping and abuse of Michelle Knight (Taryn Manning), Amanda Berry (Samantha Droke), and Gina DeJesus (Katie Sarife) by Ariel Castro (Raymond Cruz) is told from Knight's point-of-view.
SummaryThe Lifetime TV movie about the kidnapping and abuse of Michelle Knight (Taryn Manning), Amanda Berry (Samantha Droke), and Gina DeJesus (Katie Sarife) by Ariel Castro (Raymond Cruz) is told from Knight's point-of-view.
Knight recalls how Berry’s mother kept her room exactly as it was before she was abducted. Knight’s mother, assuming her daughter had left home, moved to Florida. It’s one of the more heartbreaking aspects of Cleveland Abduction, although that feeling of isolation is largely psychological.... Cleveland Abduction’s ending seems particularly truncated, with the likes of Pam Grier and Joe Morton showing up to ultimately do very little.
Cleveland Abduction is ugly, brutal and hard to watch. And while that reflects the facts behind the story, just because it’s true is hardly sufficient rationale for agreeing to wallow in a tale of such agonizing cruelty.
Thanks to their efforts [Joe Morton as a government agent and Pam Grier as a nurse], this toothless and tedious horror show briefly takes on a potently tragic dimension, though the film quickly reverts to saccharine, empowering uplift for a finale that dulls every one of this gruesome story’s jagged edges.