Framed

An entertaining film for a rainy day.

The plot is successful without being especially high budget and is carried by a few good scenes.However, the lead actor is noticeably wooden in his approach to the good cop position. The overall plot has a bundle of twists and turns but unfortunately still leaves an uneasy feeling about both characters morals towards the ending.

I can't tell if my expectations were too high or the overall feeling afterwards was especially low but this film wasn't as good watching it for the second time. If it's on TV it's probably worth a look otherwise don't go out of your way to see it.

We know drama. Yes, that's TNT's new somewhat annoying mantra/tagline, but in the case of Framed, they pretty much do. Ok, so I was flipping through the channels one night, when lo and behold, who should appear but one of my favorite actors, Sam Neill. And, not in a Jurassic Park role, I might add; quite rare for cable. Anyway, I was fairly hooked in the first ten minutes. By the time the ending rolled around (Only a measly 91 minutes, but still) I had a goofy smile on my face and a new favorite movie. It's special, still, as it's my last movie seen on 2002. Beside the point, I think that on the whole, the production values, the sets, the locations, the nicely twisting and keep-you-guessing script, not to mention the great acting, this struck me as a REAL movie, not a made for cable one. In short, if there's a chance to see it, folks, do it, you won't be sorry.

Nothing is as good as the 1992 version of Framed with Timothy Dalton and David Morrissey. Don't waste time on this one.

Upon seeing the first commercial for a rather aggressive ad campaign I decided to give Framed a try. Especially, after seeing Sam Neill, one of my favorite actors I resolved to set the date in my schedule. I must say that time spent watching Framed is well worth it. I thoroughly enjoyed this TV movie, which must not let fool you. Framed because of acting, story, production, and so on cannot be so easily considered just another TV movie and must be given respect. From the beginning till the end I was quite ecstatic and also thrilled to add another movie to my favorite's list. Consider it a winner, especially for Sam Neill who once again delivered up to my expectations and performed brilliantly as well as the other actors.

I watched this as I had seen the original British 4 part series a few years back. This version wasn't bad but was not in the same league as the series which starred Timothy Dalton as Eddie Myers leading a very good cast.

Le Plante is a good writer and her stuff is better in either a long movie version or spread over several episodes. This movie for TV version wasn't so good because the story needed longer to tell and cutting down on time and detail just made it look as though it was cheaply made.

If you compare it to the 1992 4 hour series it shows just how mediocre it is. Nothing wrong with the acting, just that a good story was badly diluted.