Trail of Tears

A story about two mothers that bond together and search the faith hope and maternal bond with their children and hope of finding them.

A TV movie that will no doubt please the easily amused. This flick tries to be a fem buddy film as well as one with an important message about husbands kidnapping the kids. The male roles are either one-dimensional or idiotic. The women laugh, cry and bond. I'm not even sure the more strident feminists will enjoy this one. Pass this one up, and go outside and play. ZZZZZZZZzzzzzz.

This movie is great! It is such a heartbreaking-turned-heartwarming film. At the end, you, the viewer, say to yourself, "Okay, this movie is 2 hours long...you guys have five minutes to wrap it up. Okay....how is this going to be finished in four minutes? ... All right, this ending is going to be pretty abrupt, since they only have 3 minutes to go." But it's anything but that! The ending is short, but so incredible. (I'm not saying it's a happy ending, but I'm not saying it's a bad one either. You'll just have to watch and see.) It's absolutely unbelievable to me, that something like this (the subject of the film) could actually ever happen. I guess that's why it's shown on Lifetime TV. But unlike some other Lifetime movies, well, maybe MOST Lifetime movies, this movie doesn't fall hard on the police. Too many movies show how little the police do; how terrible they are. Sometimes this is the case. But I think that police do a lot of good, and sometimes there's only so much they can do. I like the fact that this movie doesn't focus on the police, but on the people to whom these things are happening to. Speaking of which, the casting directors did a great job in picking just the right actors and actresses for this film. They fit their parts and do a fantastic job. The four children focused on, are absolutely adorable, and great actors. This movie is wonderful, and I truly suggest any movie-lover check this one out. You won't be disappointed.

okay maybe i'm just up late watching this on insomniac theater but this show isn't that bad. made for tv movies are always edited to hell for commercials and stuff. given that format, they are doing a pretty good movie about women searching for their missing kids. sure, it is partly unrealistic but thats to be expected for made-for-tv budget and other limitations.

it is especially interesting that they dont demonize the husbands or anything. but whatever, this is a serious problem and kids are kidnapped by a parent all the time. no one talks about it for *real* and so i could just imagine how isolated people feel.

this is a touching movie, mildly cheesy, and would probably do good for people who are going through similar experiences. the only thing is that i think there should be more movies about issues like this that primarily impact women.