It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Blistering performances.

Superb film dealing with a family that used the system to take full advantage and do the most horrendous things to people who were under their foster care.The film is marvelous as it is really a stinging indictment of the foster care system. That social worker saw all the symptoms of child abuse and chose instead to make notations, look at her watch and simply walk away.Kirstie Alley again proves that she is a magnificent dramatic actress as the devil of a mother. Teaching children how to steal, setting fire to real estate that she owned, having the most disgusting children herself, and married to a brute all come together to make such an outstanding film.The film is also a testimony to a criminal justice system that finally worked and meted out appropriate justice.This is a marvelous film which should be viewed by so many groups alike.

I liked this comment as it appreciated the fact it was well acted and true to life. To many people this would have seemed a far fetched tale but I experienced a horrific tale of this nature, adult mental brutality and conned by my own son with the advice and backing of a "Mrs Geck". My daughter and I watched it at the same time, I phone her and said have a look and tell me what you think, she immediately said "Bitch Anne" and it was so true to her character that when I do actually finish the script which is proving very painful to write, I want Kirsty to play her. My case raised much publicity 3 days at court and all the media, TV, News etc., Kathryn Knight did an excellent feature in the Daily Mail, but originally my own doctor did not believe me....... Kirsty is the person,,,,well acted. Well produced

This is a very horrible sad and depressing TRUE STORY, which makes it even worse to view. Kirstie Alley,(Brenda Geck),"Back by Midnight",'02, put her heart and soul into this horrible role and made you hate her over and over again. Will Patton,(Philip Rothman),"The Agency",'01 TV Series, acted his usual calm ways and was soft spoken, but very powerful in his building a case against Brenda Geck. It is a shame that such a person did exists and did so much mental and physical harm too so very many people's lives. It is a great film to alert the general public as to what can actually happen in their own neighborhoods or even your next door friend. It was nice to see Kirstie Alley give such a great performance in this very sick TRUE STORY!

That was the best movie I have seen on TV in a very long time. We were just discussing this at work. I hope we see Kirstie Alley in more made for TV movies. She played a very convincing part and made us all very afraid of her. I must say that I haven't seen anything like it in a long time. I would like to see something on what has happened to this family since then. I really hate to find out that there are things like this going on and yet I realize that it does happen. I am really proud of the family members that stood up to her in the end. It was very courageous. Thank you for making us more aware of this type of thing and I hope everyone involved in this is doing well.