Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

An action-packed slog

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

OMG.Robert Urich was Nefarious in this OMG.wow.just a ruthless odd guy. and hateful,inward,and smile/tall handsome charming on the outer.Sad how it end.He is in heaven now,RIP not FAGOT,the guy i would hope not,but actor R.URICH,who die In my consensus too early,he was great! On Vegas and a few more great TV true stories,but this one is incredible.Actually; it is coming on tonight,and again throughout month of May & Jone 2012 on Lifetime,and or LMN. My consensus is the movie is beyond-good would give it a 10+ if i can.Sad carol did not tell mike, Look my father has LIFE INSURANCE money on you,so DO NOT GO, she should've told him,then i believe MIKE right now will be alive.so sad. The actor who star as Mike Joanne old boyfriend/or 1 guy she did date at 1 time,is cute and sweet,good for carol too,but she undermine this relationship due to her ODD-LOVE for a man who clearly undermine her life and michael's repeatedly,and his children.Love the Narrative,at the end by CAROL- told by one of my fave actress the tall beautiful,talented Gwenyth Paltrow,she is so great in it,the way she keep on getting her father help from Mike,her loving and faithful sweet boyfriend,turned husband,for which he clearly love her,and was in love with her but she was just a stupid girl,believing she can trust this guy. Mike was right about her father,and i think it is a sad ending,but i did expect it to end something similar,regarding 'Dad' and i know this much after the father kill the first son in law, if i was CAROL i would have done MORE to keep MIKE,her husband number two all by the age of 23/24, i would have done MORE,TO KEEP MIKE alive/away from"Dad", so sad about mike. and i am trying to remember the actor name but he was funny, really great in the movie.Lastly i want to encompass,that the mother who star in COACH Shelly fabares,is a great actress,truly under-rated,and i adore her,she was so great in this,and mike, carol,Joanne, LOVE HER,she was astute enough to realize her father was NOT worth squat.Matthew Perry,now 41 years old,was very young in this and so good! sad how he end up,but great actor in this,as his other movies.all around cast was great, and i can re-watch this true tragic story 100x more times,in my lifetime,because it is THAT good,but tragic,so sad. daughter,carol finally do the RIGHT THING,even if she sound so sad at the end.the music is good at the end,and in between scenes,and the way the father control them from day one,is proof of enough the man was not playing with a full deck-i can't see ONE second where he did truly love CAROL,sad how she had to find out the HARD WAY by losing MIKE THAT HE DID NOT really love her,Not at all,and Crucifying her,Under Oath.that was a shame.and then U see MIKE frustrated,(I CAN'T BLAME HIM) over the daughter CAROL,keep wanting to get money from MIKE! her child father, and spouse to just"GIVE IT ALL'as she say to her father?WTF is that about?Mike smack her up was no, NOT RIGHT,but i can see why he was getting so angry to give"ALL THE MONEY"away,to dad?OMG. your able to see toward END so so SO sad, mike was getting a real job,HAIR cut from long and was able to work legally,as Carol,was and the "love"the two clearly had was STILL THERE.Just became too late thanks to her DAD's love for her by killing mike too, as clearly this was NO REAL LOVE from a parent,to his child and i am sad still for the family,and hopefully wherever,they are way older now,they are all doing well as can be,and ended up being somewhat happy after so much multiple tragedies,that NO loving family on earth deserve.BMWREDHEADLAWSTUDENT@Gmail.com

I haven't seen the movie, but decided to research it after spending the day and talking about it with my grandmother, Barbara Fagot Mathews. So whoever did "research" to find out if it is a true story... here's the newspaper article: http://www.geocities.com/murder_stories3/carol_donahue1.htmlBy the way, he was my grandmother's first cousin. She knew him very well as a child, but after a serious fight between Leonard his once inseparable cousin (her brother, my great uncle), they stopped talking to that side of the family.Apparently I have to have 10 lines to comment, so now I will babble. Was the movie any good? Maybe I'll try to get a copy of it.

in this portrayal of Leonard Fagot, a true story about a wartime veteran, who was controlling and manipulative with his family. This is a sad and intriguing story about a man descending further and further into insurance fraud and murder, presumably to "keep up appearances" financially.Urich is excellent, because he always manages to portray a tortured, yet sympathetic character. Gwyneth Paltrow is one of the favorite daughters, who will do anything, almost anything for her Dad. She is also very good, and projects a realistic character. Shelley Fabares is the long-suffering wife, who has been cheated on, emotionally and possibly physically abused by her husband. After a certain point, she realizes what Leonard Fagot has been doing after acquiring insurance policies, then carrying out murder. When she threatens him, he informs her that he also has a policy on her.Matthew Perry has a small part as a son-in-law who also comes to unfortunate ends. It may be interesting if they filmed a sequel to this story, many people are intrigued by it, as it was a true story. All in all, you will enjoy this film. 8/10

What some people may not realize that, while this was a great TV movie, it was also a true story. My family lived next door to LJ Fagot before he made his insurance money and my father once worked as their gardener and was friends with Carol. My father and his siblings were also babysat by Joanne.I was impressed to see the acting cast and thought they did a wonderful job. Urich's portrayal of LJ Fagot was great and very close to how dictatorial Fagot was in real life. Gwyneth Paltrow and Matthew Perry were virtually unknown when filming this movie, yet still demonstrated superb acting abilities. The house where this all took place still stands, at least it did before Katrina, and is still inhabited. It looks nothing like the house in the movie but is still beautiful in the way only New Orleans houses are. I will continue to show this movie to my children as it is apart of our family history, as well as that of the Fagot family.