Citizen Jane

I knew it was a Hallmark Suspense. It was good seeing Meat Loaf and Ally Sheedy.

Everything was mediocre for me.

Kind of unbelievable but then believable story of human treachery and resilience .

I was pleasantly surprised with Citizen Jane. It contained a reasonably good story to keep you tuned in from start to finish and some decent performances. Ally Sheedy and Meat Loaf are quite solid in their performances and convincing. I was shocked to learn this was actually based on a true story. It sounded like a piece of fiction taken straight off the shelves with your standard con man story. But sadly, the real Jane Alexander was very gullible and fell for this. She gave away all of her financial freedom. I know a lot of couples who never just give this away. But alas, I'm glad they found the bad guy in the end.

The murder seems unsolvable. An old lady is brutally murdered, bludgeoned, knifed and strangled, and she had no enemies. As she opened the door for her visitor, she must have known him and known him well. There are no clues at all, no murder weapons, no fingerprints, no hairs or anything, and still detective Morse takes on the case and starts finding clues. Even so, the case seems hopeless as there is nothing but circumstantial evidence, and, as the prosecutor says, it is like playing chess with only pawns. The niece of the murdered lady is shocked at first, but gradually she grows with the dawning of the true story, as the circumstantial evidence keeps amassing, and it is vital to observe, that no criminal ever commits a crime without leaving at least the tiniest shred of a hint at some evidence, from which the truth generally always can be reconstructed and examined in detail. This is an amazing story and a true story at that, and for the niece it became just a beginning for her to start a comprehensive movement to bring justice to relatives of victims to heinous crimes.

The movie is a loose take on the book by the same name that speaks about true life events that happened to my Grandmother