Enough (2002)

Wonderful character development!

As Good As It Gets

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Slim demonstrates she doesn't end up a "me too" victim. She turns her plight into her victory.

This One took a Whole Lot of Punishment from Critics. Jennifer Lopez Almost Always takes a Whole Lot of Punishment from Movie Fans. J-Lo Dishes out a Whole Lot of Punishment in this Film but Not Before being the Victim of a Whole Lot of Punishment from an Ultra-Rich Abusive Husband.Actually Lopez is an Underrated Actress. Despite Her Reputation as being a Bitchy Diva who Throws Tantrums when the Bottled Water in Her Dressing Room is not the Requested Name Brand. She can be Remarkably Good at Playing a Suffering "Everygirl" and Her Range is Acceptable. She can be at Times Better than the Highly Overrated Sandra Bullock who Looks Bitchy On Screen even when Her Character is Not.This is an OK Chick Flick Thriller that is Miles from High Art but Entertaining Nonetheless. It has some Time Compression Holes and Asks Much from the Audience in Terms of Suspension of Disbelief, but what Movie Doesn't.This can be Cathartic for Female Victims of Male Dominance and Physical Abuse. There are Clichés and Cumbersome Parts to the Story but Overall it is Worth a Watch for the Not Highly Discerning and those who can Go with the Flow. But J-Lo Bashers will no Doubt Pile On because that is what is Expected from Knee-Jerks.

Waitress Slim (Jennifer Lopez) falls for Mitch (Billy Campbell) and marries him. They have a child together. He's a psychopath and starts beating on her. She runs away with help from her friends. Only Mitch is relentless.This is a relentlessly Lifetime movie. There isn't any motivation other than these are psychos. There's a reason why the courtship and much of their relationship is skipped over. A careful examination is never in the cards here.Then the movie goes Rambo. Director Michael Apted is trying to find a way out. It goes into a convoluted idea of Self Defense. If she was going to kill him anyways, why would she go through all the hand to hand. It was maybe a 5 for most of the way, but the ending is way too ridiculous.

Yesterday I watched this movie on TV. I was tired and I just wanted to relax. Even if I knew it had a bad reputation, I thought it could be fun. Unfortunately it was not. The script is awful and an insult to all battered women.In a nutshell, J.Lo plays Slim, a waitress who marries Mr. Right (and Rich) only to discover after several years of marriage that he is violent and a cheater. Some other character in the movie at a certain point states that Slim is just a dumb waitress, and he might have had a point, considering how long it took her to discover her hubby true nature… Anyway, Slim and abusive hubby have a daughter – described by other reviewers as one of the most insufferable child in the history of movies. Again, they are right. For reasons difficult to understand and even more to explain, both Slim and hubby want custody of the horrible child. Therefore, Slim has no other choice but to run away in the middle of the night, to avoid losing her precious offspring.From here, this bad plot takes a turn for the worse. Why Slim decides to run away in the middle of night, rather than by day when hubby is at work or with one of his mistresses? Again, one would say because she is dumb….After her getaway, she is surprised to find that hubby cut her bank account. Being used to a rich, pampered life, she decides to turn to her rich, estranged father, for further supply of cash.Some implausible hide and seek follows, then Slim understand that the only way to get rid of the abusive – but rich – husband is to kill him. So she goes ahead with what is nothing but a premeditated murder plan.The messages received from this movie are all negative and absurd: first, that women are kept property and always ready to sponge on someone for keeping; second, that it is OK to plan a murder if you have some good reasons (according to your point of view – of course); third, that it takes only one month of training to turn into a mix of Superwoman and a ninja killer..