Escaping Dad

Not the best title but whatever. Reminds me of sleeping with the enemy and Enough. Trevor Donovan reminds me of Brad Pitt from Thelma and Louise except he's the good guy instead of the rascal who screws the girl over. It's a fun movie and always fun to watch Trevor Donovan on screen.

The movie was good very interesting until you get to the end it seems as if they ran out of time and just hurried up with it as if they were late for lunch. The women I thought could have been more strong than timid especially if she is running from her hubby with her two kids.

Although there have been quite a few abused wife on the run LMN movies, this one is better than average. The pace is fast and the escape is quite exciting with the way too efficient cops on their tails. The cast is likable.

Sunny Mabrey is quite believable and pretty as abused wife on the run from her A type cop turned DA abusive husband with her daughter and diabetic son. Grace Van Dien daughter of Casper plays an irritating brat older daughter who in turns stupidly leaking information on their whereabouts and uncooperative. Along comes trucker played by Trevor Donovan who helps drive them to safety.

The conclusion is quite feel good. Worth a watch.

But I'm soooo tired of LMN movies with teenagers who disrespect their mothers. Awful.

23 July 2017: I remember when I was in college, I was a cinema major and one of my college professors told the class that there aren't any new ideas, every film or t.v show has been done at least once. All that has changed is a new twist on an old film idea.

He then made a good valid point of telling the class of an old 70's movie starring Clint Eastwood, "Play Misty For Me" in 1971 and then came a similar film with Michael Douglas, "Fatal Attraction" in 1987 and then African American version film with Martin Lawrence, "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" in 1996 all have one thing in common, after a 1 night stand, the woman will not stop and becomes a stalker.

So alone comes a pretty good made for t.v movie "Escaping Dad" which is very similar to beautiful and talented Jennifer Lopez in the movie "Enough" in 2002. By the way this version has actor Casper Van Dien's daughter in it and the abusive husband is just like the one in the film "Enough", but instead of wife/mother with one kid, in this version, it's mom and two kids. Husband is the same in both films, a well-established man in the town and has influence with the public. I liked Jenny Lopez's film more, but this one is not bad. 7 up.