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I consider myself the world's most obsessed lunatic regarding this tiny little TV movie. I've been searching for the DVD for years. Also under alternative title TRAPPED AND DECEIVED. Coming up empty all the time, I had to resort to downloading it from the Net and having it converted to disc, which is sure to irk somebody off, but what else to do? It's a little TV movie that gets shunted aside and will never get a proper release, yet it features... princess Jenny... the rising young starlet (lovely droolworthy thing) of BEVERLY HILLS 90210 and believe me she was what made that show worth watching, screw Brandon et al. Surprisingly, with flaws and all, this is quite a good TV movie. Perhaps better characterization for the mother's part would have saved the script, as there is some holes here. But as far as Jennie is concerned, wow, you did great, kid.

Now if only some miracle could take place with a proper DVD release, because my homemade copy looks shabby and bleak and is about as much fun as a sick puppy. But what price decent family entertainment after all? Here you have something that I wouldn't normally go for, a story that grandma would watch as well, and there's no way it would get released 20 years later.

A must for all Jennie Garth fans!

'Without Consent' is a movie that shows what really goes on in 'correctional facilities.' The plot is good and has good writing to back it up. Also, casting Jennie Garth in a lead role was a good choice.

The film provides good acting from everyone but especially from the main actress, Garth. She can really portray an out of control teen who then suffers while staying in a prison like facility. She can lose her temper, but in a good way to make it really believable that she is going through pure torture. Jennie Garth was perfect for the role and it wouldn't have been as good of a movie if a different actress had tried to play the character of Laura. Eric Close plays Laura's brother. He isn't given a lot of screen time or lines, but for the part that he is given, he makes the most of it. The actors who play Laura's parents are excellent. Sure, they are main characters and need to be shown because of the story line, but they aren't given too much exposure to either. But once again, the two play their parts as best as they can and it makes the movie better. Other characters such as Marty, C.J., Rachel, the doctor and all of the others are played by great actors. The casting department did a terrific job with this film.

Other than the acting, the plot is also great. Somebody has finally shown what really goes on behind locked doors. Hopefully this movie has convinced parents to not necessarily believe what they might hear from the people who run places like these. The writing is nice. Not too much work was put into it but the actions are better.

All in all this is one of the better TV movies. Definitely watch this if it comes on television in the near future.