Citizen Jane

The movie is a loose take on the book by the same name that speaks about true life events that happened to my Grandmother

I knew it was a Hallmark Suspense. It was good seeing Meat Loaf and Ally Sheedy.

Everything was mediocre for me.

I was pleasantly surprised with Citizen Jane. It contained a reasonably good story to keep you tuned in from start to finish and some decent performances. Ally Sheedy and Meat Loaf are quite solid in their performances and convincing. I was shocked to learn this was actually based on a true story. It sounded like a piece of fiction taken straight off the shelves with your standard con man story. But sadly, the real Jane Alexander was very gullible and fell for this. She gave away all of her financial freedom. I know a lot of couples who never just give this away. But alas, I'm glad they found the bad guy in the end.

This is a by the numbers murder mystery courtesy of the Hallmark Channel. It stars Ally Sheedy as Jane, whose Aunt Gertrude was viciously murdered. Tom, played by Sean Patrick Flannery, plays her boyfriend and after a period of time, way before the film is half over, we find he is the prime suspect. Detective Jack Morris, played by rocker Meat Loaf, takes on what was a cold case. He is by far the best thing about this film, as he plays the role simply but with a quiet determination. He should do more acting, he is good at it. The film is nothing special but it is definitely watchable. Nia Peeples is kind of underutilized as Jane's best friend, but the movie is really about Jane and Jack anyway. If it replays and you like murder mysteries, its worth watching.

This movie will bring you NOTHING except intense anxiety concerning worldly notions. It will make you second guess your very existence because of how absolutely conformed you would have to be to truly enjoy this movie. A good movie for anyone who is extremely happy and in need of the epiphany of pain that this movie is guranteed to the deliver. A jab to your frontal lobe alongside a hook to your liver. A trap of intellectual curiousity. This movie will make you want to love, laugh, and most defitnetly cry. A rollercoaster of sorts. "Your call, ...