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Amber Hagerman was nine years old when she was abducted while riding her bicycle, prompting her mother to seek out a system that alerts the nation of abducted children. This became today's A... Read allAmber Hagerman was nine years old when she was abducted while riding her bicycle, prompting her mother to seek out a system that alerts the nation of abducted children. This became today's Amber Alert system.Amber Hagerman was nine years old when she was abducted while riding her bicycle, prompting her mother to seek out a system that alerts the nation of abducted children. This became today's Amber Alert system.
Jodelle Ferland
- Nichole Taylor Timmons
- (as Jodelle Micah Ferland)
Antony Holland
- George Redden
- (as Anthony Holland)
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Some of you think that the acting was awful, you insult Elisabeth Rohm, you insult everyone else. I for one have to say, no it wasn't the best show, but you know, the girl who played Amber had a pretty good accent, and I found she was the one who made it worth watching frankly, disagree if you wish but this is my opinion and I think that everyone is entitled to have one. I have to disagree with the things said about the little girls... the actresses who played Amber and Nichole in this film were 12 and 11 when they shot this, so to say that they did well for their age is almost to imply they are six or seven. I met the girl who plays Amber and she said that she was like 5'1 when she shot it,( I'm a friend of the family) I don't think it mattered much because isn't Elisabeth like 5'9 or something? Anywho... the writing wasn't all that bad but,still it was obviously a low budget Lifetime project. That's my opinion :) bye
Amber's Mom: the worst acting I've ever seen. and I patronize community theater. I've lived all over the south including Texas. Unbelievable performance and less believable accents. Creepy Abductor was the best actor and I'm surprised he agreed to be in this thing. Too bad because the story deserved to be told well. Instead, it was a joke. Is this the norm for lifetime movies? I didn't think so, but it's been a long time since I watched such cheesy television. I only watched it because of the connection to real life legislation. And, I'm sure if there was such blatant disregard for the geography (Canada=Texas for gosh sakes?) there was probably such license taken with other historicity. The only thing I came away believing is that there is actually a real Amber Alert--but not because of the movie. Could that woman have actually been so stupid as to allow that guy to babysit that child? There's way more to THAT story.
Honestly, very sad story. Very tragic outcome for this family, and it is still so heartbreaking many years later.
But, you'd think with how serious a crime and how devastating a loss this was for the family that they'd have done a better job with the script, and the cast, and the direction of the film.
Everyone knows the accents were bad. Particularly that of Ambers Mom. Atrocious. Maybe if the accents were better, it would've improved the film. Sad they didn't honor the story better.
But, you'd think with how serious a crime and how devastating a loss this was for the family that they'd have done a better job with the script, and the cast, and the direction of the film.
Everyone knows the accents were bad. Particularly that of Ambers Mom. Atrocious. Maybe if the accents were better, it would've improved the film. Sad they didn't honor the story better.
I thought the acting was a bit amateurish. I am originally from Arlington, TX and the accent that Elisabeth Rohm CLAIMED to have had was way too over dramatic. You could tell that it was fake. There wasn't enough acting out of the little girl who played Amber to really comment. I thought the story told as much as it could. Especially if the killer still hasn't been found, there is only so much you can tell. I was actually wondering what else they were gonna put into this movie. I hadn't even heard about little Nichole until this movie and for her kidnapper to only get 5 years??? What kind of justice is that! He COULD have hurt her and wanted to, I for sure thought he was gonna rape her. But thanks to Amber, he didn't have time to do anything! I thought this was a very well told story of what really happened to Amber. I hope they find her killer.
Wow what a story and a even bigger wow for the way they ****** it up, moving from one year to the next then back then forward with no continuity what so ever, James Corden lookalike as a cooper.
The acting is woeful, bar the mum and two girls. Its cringe at its very worse.
But they had a ready made script to work with which makes it even more unforgiveable.
Disaster movie
The acting is woeful, bar the mum and two girls. Its cringe at its very worse.
But they had a ready made script to work with which makes it even more unforgiveable.
Disaster movie
Did you know
- TriviaAmber was kidnapped on January 13, 1996.
- GoofsWhen the detective is telling the mom what will happen with the Amber Alert, a California Highway Patrol Officer is shown receiving a radio message that a vehicle was last seen going east on "U.S. I-95." Interstate 95 (I-95) runs north and south on the east coast of the U.S., thousands of miles away from California. U.S. 95 is in the western U.S. (a short portion is in California), but also runs north-south. Additionally, the proper term would be I-95 for Interstate 95 or U.S. 95 for a secondary road (as used later in the movie), but not both together.
- Quotes
Detective Griffin: Standard procedure. To get the answer, I have to eliminate everything that isn't the answer.
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m(88 min)
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