Amber's Story (2006)

Instant Favorite.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

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.

Amber's story was not for me about a child murderer who was never caught, it was about modern America's attitude to raising children where the mum has to work, while leaving her child to be looked after by someone else.In which case this "someone else" was a relatively disturbed old man who could see how the little girl he was asked to look after while his mum worked, was not being cared for properly by her own mother.This true story demonstrated the mum's irresponsibility toward her own little girl, because mum needed to work to pay the bills.How we in the western world solve this problem of latch key children is another issue.Because in the ideal, young children need two mature stable parents to raise them.Young children should never be left with strangers, no matter how friendly they might be.

This movie aired today again, I never miss it. This is the first time I have written a comment online. But I just had to say we need more movies like this make parents aware of the dangers to our children. I cry every time I watch what this mother went through, but made her daughters memory stay alive and fight for other children. I read the comments from Mr. Parks son, it makes no difference what medical problems he had. he did a very scary thing to this little girl. Again her life might have been saved all due to Donna and what she had to lose to make the Amber Alert possible. Donna you are a wonderful person and so strong. keep up your good work. A loving Mother of 4.

This movie was really good. I remember when amber went missing and when she was found murdered. The old man glenn in this movie is very creepy though and really made the story come to life. I really recommend anyone to see this movies if you like documentaries or just like movies in general. I think that it is really sad though to know there are people out there that would hurt children.and the comment above your ridiculous to say the acting was bad, because it was very well done i thought. for a lifetime movie that is. I understand we all have our own opinions, but still. They might of gone a bit overboard, but don't they normally do that in movies?

I think Elizabeth Rohm is from Law & Order? I only watch Criminal Intent, so I'm not familiar with any of her other work. But her accent in the Amber movie made it clear that she's not a Southerner. Her accent was such a distraction that I could barely watch the first story.The second part, with Nichole, was much more watchable. The abductor was perfectly cast (creepy like an obscene phone caller), and the other actresses gave taut performances. I will say, though, that if the real Glen looked anything like the actor version, Sharon should have seen warning signs way before she did. Creepy.