Stolen Girl

A sad little movie, with fairly sad acting.

Also sad that Kate Beckinsale, who needed no enhancement to her looks, has decided that her fading career would be re-energised by pumping her lips up into a permanent pout. She now just looks ridiculous. It hasn't improved her acting skills.

The plot is sound, the ending is a little different, the setting is questionable.

Not the worst I have ever seen but close.

I think it's a good movie, there are no over-the-top action scenes in which there is an unnatural amount of blood. The actors are also good. The events are moving. It's true that Kate's lip augmentation sometimes takes the focus off the film, but she plays her role wonderfully. Scott shouldn't be judged independently of his father, I like his performance.

Or Daddys Girl ... in the family sense of course, nothing other than that. So no pun intended as always. Not without my daughter the updated version ... which is way more complex then the other movie.

The other one was based on a novel I think - this on the other hand is based on a real story without a novel ... and was written for the screen. I may be wrong about a novel existing too in this case. Let me preface here and say that I am a fan of Kate Beckinsale - she had a difficult personal year ... and this definitely is not her best movie. That said, I was able to be entertained and I understand what they were trying to make.

I felt this was sold more on the action side (which is less true), but the movie and its story goes places that might not be based entirely on true facts and stuff that happened ... but it makes for an interesting subject matter and twists along the way.

She is a good actress but at times I feel she was either let down by the scenes or the script - her breakdown (after the inciting incident) not to mention how the disappearance is cut and edited ... well it could have been done better.

As other have said, it feels like there is a bit of emotion missing ... or a lot. Which is weird considering the subject matter ... even more so considering how much of ... well you have to watch the movie to appreciate the real person I reckon ... maybe reading an article about her will do more justice to her work.

STOLEN GIRL I I With a reasonable premise, Stolen Girl could have taken its ideas to solid ground, but it moves incredibly quick and doesn't make sense to why the lead character is doing what she did. I mean the child is kidnapped then before you know it she's become someone kidnapping other kids from similar circumstances? Did we miss a few scenes? The original idea too disappears as the movie becomes a vigilante action film. James Kent loses control of it all very quickly and it doesn't add up to anything. Kate Beckinsale as usual is miscast and way too glamorous for the role.

Mother loses her child to international abduction and keeps looking for her over a decade while "rescuing" other "lost" children.. and based on a true story?

That poster is quite misleading, and the casting isn't helping. Kate Beckinsale looks like she is still recovering, and while her acting is good enough, it was the idea behind the film that helped me enjoy it.. not the performance.

This isn't really an action thriller, or at least it doesn't feel like it, it is definitely drama. And while it somehow feels underwritten and the execution makes it seem like a TV streaming, it gets the message across while remaining a heavy topic and though to swallow. It helps that I always enjoy stories that teach me about things that happen in the world I've never even heard of.

I don't think the film is particularly good, but it is efficient and not at all bad.