Girl in Room 13

I don't know why everybody seems to be down on Anne Heche for her role in this movie. I thought she did a great job portraying a mother who is frantically looking for her daughter and not getting help from the law. I wish though that they would've had, a bit more information in the movie about just how bad sexual trafficking really is. I did not like the fact that at the end of the movie they did not say what happened to the guy Richie or her so-called ex coworker Red. It's disgusting that women would be involved in something as terrible as sex trafficking, but hey, I guess money is all that matters to them. Besides the one rape scene at the beginning of the movie when Richie first took her into the hotel, I was a bit surprised that they did not show more men coming into her room, though usually the man who abducts the female is usually the one that will continually keep raping her over a period of days to break them down. Often those other guys are involved in the emotional, mental and sexual breakdown of the victim until they are sold. I don't know if that's why some people were disappointed in the movie, I'd hate to think that that was the reason. I know this is based on a true story, and I don't know how often the mother or the stepfather kept contacting the police, but the movie did seem like it was more about the mothers search for her daughter. I know that often hotels/motels are involved in covering up such a terrible thing, as well as other industries, and I don't know why more of a focus is not put on finding and helping victims. There are so many men that are such pedophiles and sexual perverts it is so disgusting, I sometimes wonder if there are vigilante people out there that take matters into their own hands because you sure don't hear about them.

Grace (Larissa Dias) is staying clean after her latest rehab. Her mother Janie (Anne Heche) is supportive and hopeful. While doing a favor for a friend, Grace gets kidnapped by druggie former boyfriend Richie. She's locked in a motel room to be broken down for trafficking. Most think that she had fallen off the wagon again, but Janie is relentless in her search for her daughter.

This is one of those Lifetime woman-in-trouble movie. It's noteworthy for being one of Anne Heche's final roles. Elisabeth Röhm is also trying her hand in directing. She seems to be functional, but nothing spectacular. First, Grace needs to fight harder. It's more realistic and much more compelling to push the action. The movie needs to increase the intensity at every turn and this fails to do that. There are also too many dumb characters. I wonder how much money the motel workers are getting paid to turn a blind eye to the scheme. Whatever it is, it is not enough. He's even late for the motel rental. It makes no sense. This is not a smart movie. I get that her repeated drug uses have worn down the family. In which case, the story would work better if the dad is gone and Janie is truly alone. All in all, this is a Lifetime movie and not a good one at that.

I got through about 6 minutes of this movie and I think that was too long. The acting is horrible. I hate to speak ill of the dead, but Anne Heche overacts and seems spastic. I don't know why they paired her with a man who looks half her age and she looks like his mother. There is absolutely no chemistry and their relationship as husband and wife is not believable at all. Her hairdresser either did an awful job on her hair or she just didn't bother to comb it. It looked unkempt. I know this is based on a true story. But this story needed better actors. I think Otis the dog is the best actor in the entire cast.

I thought the film was simple and had a very strong message about human trafficking. Anne Heche was, imho great. This is what the films should be like. There was no mention of her in the In memoriam at the Oscars, which shows what Hollywood is all about.

This film is a must watch, it shows how to recognize the abuse, the victims, the turmoil. Victims are not just women, they are men and children, too. We watch but we don't see, we should look at people around us, we need to recognize this in real life in order to help victims.

Message at the end of the film is this in 2020 the International Labour Organisation estimated that there are currently 25 million victims of human trafficking around the world.

To conduct their operations, traffickers need the assistance of hospitality industry, the banking system to launder money, the transportation industry, and Internet platforms to recruit and advertise their victims.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING is a $150 billion a year global industry.

Bitter sweet considering,was one of the last tv projects of Anne's before her death.

That being said.. She didn't seem healthy,was it just me feeling this?

Granted was portraying a frantic mom,but seemed more substance induced.

Was a difficult subject matter that was portrayed,all the cast was decent enough.

I'm surprised the parents didn't go to the news channel,have the one social media savvy daughter post online & so forth.. It wasn't until many days later,they finally put up posters after the authorities didn't do much.

Felt maybe the storyline was lacking some context,but most of the acting carried things ok.. The previews made it more compelling.

Unfortunately have seen other movies,that brought said topic to light better.

Not a film interested in watching,again.. Despite Anne(RIP)being in it.