Long Lost Son (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Brian Trenchard-Smith

Writer:

Richard Blade (writer)

Release Date:

24 July 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A woman discovers the son she thought had drowned is alive and well, living with the man who kidnapped him.

Cast

Gabrielle Anwar	...	Kristen Sheppard / Halloran / Collins
Craig Sheffer	...	Quinn Halloran / John Williams
Chace Crawford	...	Matthew Williams / Mark Halloran
Philip Granger	...	Ronnie
Richard Blade	...	Patrick
Dennis Garber	...	Agent bodden
Ian Robison	...	Steve
Joshua Friesen	...	Mark at 4yrs old
Michael McConnohie	...	Harbormaster Bill
Holly Fulger	...	Marge
Gwen Van Dam	...	Travel agent
Shirley Brown	...	Older passenger
Julius Noflin	...	Immigration official
Terrance Rodgers	...	Taxi driver

Also Known As:

For All the Right Reasons (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:97 min | USA:88 min | USA:120 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Turks and Caicos Islands

Company:

ACH

Chace Crawford steals this film

Chace Crawford, an up and coming young actor, walks off with this movie for TV. He's charming and does a decent acting job with a featured role, his first. Story revolves around a man who takes his son and fakes a boat accident and disappears with the result that he and his son were lost at sea. This leaves the wife, a shrew, behind. She remarries and fifteen years go by when we discover the father and son aren't dead.

As expected, the mother learns this and goes on a wild search to find them. This is where the film goes down hill. This woman seems to break every law in entering another country, which is impossible without a passport of which she has none, nor birth certificate. She actually becomes a rather insipid person and you root for the father and son to lose her.

Gabrielle Anwar plays the long lost mother badly. Looking to young for the part, they try getting her hair up for the older woman, but then suddenly she's running along the beach with her long hair flowing behind her in the breeze. Her mouth also bothered me. Craig Sheffer does much better as the father and evokes sympathy from his audience as his reasons for the kidnapping make sense. To keep his son from becoming a mommies's boy. Unfortunately the shrew wins out. The farewell scene between the father and son, brought some heartfelt emotions from young Crawford.

There is some spectacular scenery of the islands and the sea in this film. Gorgeous photography and the good looking Chace Crawford make it a film worth watching.