Black Widower

Done on the Canadian cheap, with Kelly McGillis probably getting most of the budget, Black Widower from 2006 is based on a true story.

The title says it all.

What it doesn't say is how anyone was attracted to this guy, described as "handsome" obviously before the role was cast with the ordinary David Lipper.

Of course a person doesn't need to be handsome, but this guy had nothing going for him. No charisma, and a personality tending toward sleaze.

If he was going to have no charisma and a personality tending toward sleaze, he should have looked like Chris Hemsworth.

Kelly McGillis, a long way from Witness, is not photographed to her advantage. I know this sounds petty but it just added to how cheap the movie looked. Also, as an aside, all the women who were shown in offices had slits in their skirts. Must be a new thing.

I clicked not knowing what to expect and then recognized local spots! Ottawa lol... an American story told in the parking lot of a Canadian Tire Store... so funny....

Loved the film "Black Widow", which had a very tricky plot and held my interest from beginning to end. In this film there are many tell tale signs just who the killer is but at the same time it keeps you guessing just who is responsible for these murders. There are some very attractive gals that the Widower was able to catch in his web. The story makes references to some exceptionally forbidden subjects concerning a female and can be offensive to many people. This subject was addressed in a court of law in one of the scenes and this gave the jury something to think about. This film was a big disappointment and held my interest for a short period of time and that is all I have to say about this film.

As a person closer to this story than I care to divulge, I can say that this movie is hardly a true story. Ed Amos did kill 4 people (at least) and is serving a life sentence. However, the movie itself makes a mockery of the real people involved and it makes me sick to my stomach that the producers of this movie would claim it to be based on a true story. Not because it is not "based" on a true story, but because by labeling it as such, every single person who watches this movie and does not have access to the real story will assume every moment of it to have actually taken place. The reality is that it is a nearly entirely fictional film that uses the names of actual people. Not a single interview was conducted before production . That said, I do not know what else I could have expected from the Lifetime network. Families of the deceased deserved better.

I went to high school with Ed Amos. I worked at the same General Motors plant as Ed. I knew all three wives. This movie only scrapes the surface of the lives of the people involved. As was said before in another comment: no body in Anderson was interviewed, Ed did not run for Mayor, he had filed in the primary and then Saundra was found dead and he withdrew. Why did the movie leave out his college love interest died falling from a balcony, his parents house mysteriously burnt to the ground after being for sale after he inherited it. His sister's husband had a mysterious stroke while jogging and Ed studied Pharmacy in College. I wish someone would really investigate all the things surrounding Ed and then write a book. What a mystery!!!!!!!!!