To Have and to Hold

Wow this movie is good. I mean really really good. Justine Bateman wears a neckerchief in the beginning that is to die for. He is a bad husband though, that's a bummer for her because she seems to like him even though he is gross with a capital G. He has the relations with the one young girl and then her boyfriend with the nasty hair hires someone to mess him up. All in all it was really believable. I couldn't find it anywhere, but I think this was based on a true story. My high school teacher's sister had the same exact thing happen to her except that she wasn't married to a man. She had like 8 cats or something crazy like that. Can you imagine how her house smelled? Probably not good. Anyway. I give this movie one thumb up. I would give it two but one of my thumbs is arthritic and is all crooked and bent when I try to stick it up and it's really embarrassing. My roommate calls me ol crook thumb. sometimes it hurts my feelings, but i usually laugh it off. So, in closing, I suggest you watch this movie with a friend who doesn't pick on your flaws.

This 2006 made for TV mystery drama was a copycat to FATAL ATTRACION and not too good. Fault lies with the story and performances. I feel the director, Terry Ingram, did what he could with bad actors and probably a low budget, meaning a quickie production shoot. Shot in Canada it looked it. I thought the leading lady was over the hill in looks. In fact her husband looked more like her son. With that lined face, ugly mouth and Hitler hair do hanging over one of her eyes throughout the film. Didn't the make up people think of combing her hair even once in the movie? Her husband, played by good looking Sebastian Spence, had nothing to work with and really couldn't do much of anything but say his lines. As did the other male lead, Derek Hamilton. Both guys fared better than the ladies including the too much eye make-up Jessica Lowndes, also with long stringy hair, ala Dracula's daughter, as the other woman. What is it with these actresses and their straight hair hanging in their faces? It seems the wife can just walk into people's houses she doesn't know and poke around. William MacDonald as the detective was the only actor that seemed natural.

To have and to Hold has shades of Fatal Attraction,but is nowhere near as intense or complex.Justine Bateman Plays Meg,a woman who believes her husband,Tom(Sebastian Spence) is having an affair.he was,but has since broken it off.of course,the woman he was seeing cannot let it go,and keeps phoning or showing up where he is.this woman is not nearly as psycho as the psycho in Fatal Attraction.However her actions do lead to violence and murder.there are a few plot twists in this movie,but nothing that can't be figured out.Bateman and Spence are fine in the lead roles.this movie is a bit more morbid and depressing at times than many TV movies,but it still passes the time,and is not boring.To Have and to Hold gets 6/10

Tom Davidson (Sebastian Spence) is cheating on his wife Meg (Justine Bateman) with Lisa Carver (Jessica Lowndes). Meg took on a job a year earlier and has become a successful real estate agent. While she continues to climb in her job, Tom would rather she stay home with their daughter Ellie. He doesn't like her working with her boss George either. Eventually Tom decides to break it off with Lisa but she does not take it well. She lies to Stevie about being beaten by Tom and Stevie sends his friend but he gets killed by Meg during the break-in.

There is some really bad crazy acting from Jessica Lowndes. It's not her fault. She's asked to do stuff that looks laughably cheesy. It is everything bad that is expected from a TV movie. This is 'Fatal Attraction' but as a lesser version with inferior everything. I'm not a big fan of that movie either but at least that has some great actors. This is the quintessential bad run-of-the-mill TV movie.