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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0619935405332
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Bedford Entertainment
Manufacturer: Bedford Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bedford Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 101534
Studio: Bedford Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Rating:  - horror fan
I am a Kathleen Robertson fan since Maniac Mansions. Accordingly, any revue from me would be unduly biased.
Rating:  - Kathleen Robertson is brilliant
This is based on a true story from Canada, and it is very well done. You do actually get into the mind of the main character a bit, and see how she could very easily have committed the murders. Still, no one has ever been convicted of her husband's death. Kathlees Robertson, however, is absolutely wonderful. She is a very lovely woman, but I was not really impressed until I saw her in "Tin Man". She is a good actress, but she is especially great at playing evil or misunderstood evil characters. This is a good movie and well worth watching.
Rating: - Great film, fascinating murder case!
Just saw the Canadian film "Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story" on the Lifetime Channel and loved it. While I was watching it, I had little or no sense that I was watching a made-for-TV movie, so good were the sets, costumes, and production values. I was hooked from beginning to end, sucked in by the fascinating story of a 1940s Canadian murder case with which I was completely unfamiliar.
The always elegant Victor Garber, a native Canadian whose performance as ship's designer Thomas Andrews in "Titanic" was so memorable, is wonderful in "Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story" as the insightful Canadian attorney J.J. Robinette, who shouldered Evelyn Dick's cause when no one else would touch it and managed to save her life against all odds. Legendary Irish stage and screen veteran Brenda Fricker ("My Left Foot," "Veronica Guerin") turns in a chilling and masterful performance here as the lethal matriarch pimping out her daughter Evelyn to upper crust Canadians in 1940s Ontario.
The true revelation for me, however, is Kathleen Robertson as Evelyn Dick. I've had no real exposure to Robertson's work before seeing this film, but a perusal of her filmography indicates that she deserves a much better chance to shine than she's had in her previous films. She certainly does shine in this one, her stunning physical beauty by no means her only asset. She manages to understand and capture Evelyn Dick's slippery character on every conceivable level and imbues her with a poignant depth that inspires ... Read More
Rating: - Robertson is Best Suited to "Bad Girl" Roles Like This One
You would be hard pressed to identify this as a made-for-television movie. The cinematography and production design are superior to most theatrical features (angular and overhead camera shots, tight shots on Kathleen Robertson, period costuming and good sets). It really transports the viewer back to 1940's Ontario. They paid attention to the details and put serious money into creating a stylish stage on which Robertson turns in a truly fine performance.
She plays a young woman from a horribly abusive family; and what with the flashbacks she convincingly plays herself from about age 13 to age 26 (in fact the flashback to her at age 13 is the most convincing scene in the film). Under a cynical veneer is someone so scarred that she cannot really defend herself against two murder charges, but with the cool elliptical storytelling technique it is some time before the viewer understands the whole dynamic. The film is really about peeling back her protective layers. Instead of a traditional narrative about a character undergoing changes, what changes here is not the character but the viewer's perception of the character.
Robertson was born for this role. I have generally liked her in other stuff but have felt a bit uneasy-when she smiles it seems like she is conning me. This works against her in "good girl" roles ("Maniac Mansion" and "Splendor") but could actually work for her in "bad girl" roles. And it certainly does here where her character is as ambiguous as any you are likely ... Read More
Rating: - I like the story
Although a lot of the details of this true crime story is lacking, there is much to the character of Evelyn, obviously mistreated by her parents and brainwashed, she was a playthign for the rich to please her parents who then pinned a murder on her. It's a sad piece of history and the costume designs are wonderful on the Canadian actress who played Evelyn. I've watchedit everytime it's come one, because I think the characters are so interesting, especially if you lie true crime, also see Heavenly Creatures.
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