nicholas.rhodes Review of Stolen from the Heart

Stolen from the Heart (2000 TV Movie)

Weakish ending but reasonably entertaining

[7/10 · 23 October 2006]

I admit to being attracted to this film through its principal star, Tracey Gold, whom I discovered and liked very much in "She's No Angel". Tracey Gold comes across as very sincere, human with a very kind face and a lovely smile ! To return to the film itself, I thought that the first half was pretty good as the plot is set up. But once the baby has been kidnapped, the attempts to get it back seem both implausible and unlikely. I cannot understand how they took so much time to locate the captors of the baby. Also the police appeared to be very nonchalant about the whole thing, as if they didn't believe it. The final scenes are also disappointing - I would have preferred a more violent and tense plot instead of the stupid captor just breaking down and handing the baby back to its mother. It seemed so banal and uninteresting that I thought "All this fuss to end up like this". I don't feel I have been duped by watching this film but I certainly would not give it another viewing or consider buying a DVD if there was one, all of which goes to show that its interest is fairly minimal, even if the presence of Tracey Gold was a definite plus !!!