No One Would Tell

As a man I found this movie so terribly sad, but even sadder is that it's based on a true story. We have to stop domestic violence there's no place for it in our society. It was so well produced and totally believable. I'll always remember this movie, most I watch then kind of forget but not this.

When I saw the 1996 version with Fred Savage and Candace Cameron, I remember being invested in it all the way through. I remember feeling every emotion that Stacy (Cameron) felt, even though I hadn't experienced what she did.



This remake is just as outstanding as its predecessor with Matreya Scarrwener playing the main character, now named Sarah, and Callan Potter as Rob, her devoted boyfriend. When I say devoted, I mean devoted to controlling her and abusing her every step of their relationship.



This is a true story about a 16-year-old teen who murdered his 14-year-old girlfriend. A boy who felt justified in inflicting physical, emotional, and mental abuses at Sarah, then who showed no remorse, just cold empty soulless eyes as he was sentenced to a life sentence in 1992 for first-degree murder.



A story of a boy who moved fast onto his victim, made her, yes, made her be with him, stay with him, no matter what he did to her, who refused to let her have any friends, who blamed her for his own insane jealousy and fits of anger. Scarrwener honors Amy's (whom Sarah is based on) memory. The entire movie, she is happy, bright, enjoying life, and when Rob hurts her, she cowers, feels guilty, loses her vivacity all the while trying to please him. Watching her endure the torments of her abuser tore at my heart. She had a wonderful support system, primarily her best friend and mother, but she felt obligated to stand by Rob. And when she left him, he still found a way to trick her just once more so that he could kill her.





Shannon Doherty plays Sarah's mother with grace, a loving mother who can't see the darkness her daughter experiences because Sarah is too ashamed to let her know. She is so good at excusing Rob's behavior, at hiding her own pain, at doing whatever it takes to appease him that it just grips your very soul.



Young adults need to see this film, and the original. There are so many important lessons here for young teens, for parents, for friends of the abused and the abuser.

I actually thought this movie was done very well. I have missed seeing Shannen on the screen during her battle with cancer. Glad to see her back. I am not sure why anyone would rate this movie low. It is a Lifetime TV movie all of them are pretty good, but not meant to be a big screen production. If you watch TV movies you would already know this. Anyway, I think that this was a great example of a DV teen relationship. They don't want anyone to know, the guy makes them feel amazing one minute and the next abuses them. I wish there were more of these to bring awareness. You hear about other issues but never DV teen relationships.

Parent and child relationships through those difficult teenage years (and as they blossom through to adulthood) can be an awkward time and confrontational period for both parents and their children and sometimes one or both parties choose not to ask or answer the obvious and/or difficult question(s) about the child(s) relationship with their first boyfriend/girlfriend. In this case a young teenage girl named Sarah Collins (Matreya Scarrwener) develops a crush on an aggressive boy named Rob Tennison (Callan Potter) and when the opportunity to be away from their parents at a cottage is accepted both teenagers agree to have sex for the first time.

The story of the abusive relationship of the boyfriend/girlfriend who then wants to control his girlfriend's/boyfriend's every move happens time and time again. I am sure most of us can recall in our past lives a similar physical/mental abuse case that either ourselves, a family member, and/or a close friend experienced with their significant other. I myself recall back in the 1980's when a friend of mine who had a 20 something aged son who broke up with his girlfriend only to find that her son was responsible for spying on his ex-girlfriend as she slept with a new boyfriend and when the new boyfriend departed after his overnight fling, my friend's son went into his ex-girlfriend's house, murdered her out of rage and jealousy and stuffed her body into her parents freezer in the basement. He served a deserved life term in prison as a result of this enormous error in judgement . This young man's parents were kind and caring parents, and the son was polite but people do strange things and some of us react in a manner most of us would never think to do.

In the case of Rob Tennison who first physically abused his girlfriend Sarah and then later culminating by cowardly murdering his young teenage girlfriend who he felt he was losing "control over" allowed for early enough warning signs in their young relationship that should have, or could have been caught, by her friends and/or her own mother. I guess the message this film tries to resonate is "If you see something, SAY something"

More importantly there are thousands if not millions of wives/husbands who have stayed in a long term physical and/or emotional abusive relationship that they just cannot seem to get out of. Don't be another statistic in another abusive relationship that may lead to murder or even permanent damage. If you, your friend and/or a family member are involved (or know someone else who is involved) in a mental or physical abusive relationship then contact the appropriate authorities and STOP any further abuse before it is too late.

The acting in this made for TV film is very well done, and the story evolves as unfortunately expected. I hope many people take the time to watch this film and I would go as far as to suggest it may make for a good school curriculum in students preparing written papers that can be evaluated and graded by professionals to assist in determining those early signs of abuse before it is too late for both potential victims as well as their perpetrators who could get the early professional help that they so desperately need.

I give this educational and eye opening film a deserved 7 out of 10 IMDB rating.

I have watched the original version of this movie numerous times, but I would never watch this version again. Newer TV movies aren't re-watchable like the ones from the old days, but besides that, I feel this particular version was much more emotional and heavy, too much so for me.

I thought the casting of all the main players was good. I'm not understanding this theory that Fred Savage and the lastest guy to play the role were too nice looking, too innocent looking.

What does an abuser look like? Is he supposed to look rough and tough? Guys who look like nice guys can't beat the crap out of someone and make them feel horrible? Thinking like that is stupid, and obviously it isn't true.

I feel some people don't realize this movie and the original are based on a true crime, so they think it is OK to make insensitive statements.