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ACTOR
Angie HarmonJamey SheridanDale MidkiffTegan Moss
DIRECTOR
Tim Hunter
SYNOPSICS
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002) is a English movie. Tim Hunter has directed this movie. Angie Harmon,Jamey Sheridan,Dale Midkiff,Tegan Moss are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2002. Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
A Louisiana woman discovers that a trusted neighbor has installed video surveillance equipment in her home to spy on her family. As a result, the real-life Wilson lobbied for a 1999 state law passed in nine other states since making video voyeurism a felony.
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Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002) Reviews
Good for a TV-movie
In this fact-based film, Susan and Gary Wilson and their two children Emily and Orin move into a new house in Monroe, La., across the street from the very helpful Steve Glover, a deacon in the church. Steve, who married his teenage sweetheart Nancy and knew Susan when they all lived in Mississippi, offers to help them in any way he can. He offers them the use of his pool and hot tub, even when no one is home. The Wilsons get involved in church and community activities. Like so many girls her age, Emily hates getting used to a new place and says she has no friends. Orin also has some trouble adjusting, though he does become friends with the Glovers' sons. Steve is just a little too helpful to the Wilsons, though he did take care of their house before they bought it. One reason he spends so much time with the Wilsons may be the fact his wife has a career (this may be why her house is always a mess). Susan, on the other hand, stays home. She runs with her friends and plays classical piano, and she is interested in improving her musical skills. From the film's title, you know someone will be watching something they shouldn't. While Susan is taking a shower, getting in bed, and even making love, we do see blue and white images on a TV screen that look very much like what we are seeing. At first I thought this would be just an ordinary TV-movie, no different from a hundred others like it. But as the movie progressed, Angie Harmon effectively showed us a range of different emotions. Her character had to go from wanting to hide from the world to solving her problem regardless of the embarrassment it might cause. Plus she was beautiful--she looked just like Sandra Bullock. Jamey Sheridan also did a good job. From the very start, he seemed nice in the manner of a used-car salesman, though I won't say whether this makes his character guilty of anything. You'll just have to watch. This movie raised a number of questions about privacy and Christian faith. What do you forgive, and how should you handle it when someone strays? And how much of our lives are we entitled to keep to ourselves? I found this quite entertaining.
Pretty good - and I never watch Lifetime movies...
I generally dismiss any Lifetime TV movie. Can you blame me, what with titles like "Mother May I Sleep With Danger", "Danger In Blue Sky Country", and my personal favorite: "Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear"? However, I was flipping through the other night and it was on, and it actually caught my attention and held me. It was very interesting and well done for a television movie. I think Angie Harmon saved it, she's very good to watch. The script wasn't bad. But overall it was the fact that this was a true story and that I learned from watching it that only FIVE states in the US have laws against video voyeurism!! I couldn't believe it! So, this was pretty good. The first Lifetime Movie I actually watched and could say I liked. I just watch Lifetime for Golden Girls and Nanny - both shows you should watch if you don't already, by the way!
Loved the movie, served it's purpose
I love the Lifetime Channel. I know sometimes the movies can be a little monotonous, but overall, I do enjoy the movies based on true stories. I liked the actors, because my heart ached for the Wilson family while I found myself grunting and calling Mr. Glover a jerk. I thought that the issues and script was really good because it was very real. The young son didn't understand why he couldn't play with the neighbor, the teenage daughter showed the puberty signs that we unfortunately all go through, the husband wanting to help his wife and stay calm enough so he doesn't end up in prison for murder, the victimized wife feeling violated to where she couldn't breathe, and lastly to the criminal who doesn't recognize authority with respect and the feeling of being invincible. I also wanted to comment on the Christian values in the movie. Yes, you need to forgive, but you do need to recognize a wrongdoing and make it right. Psalm 1 says to not sit among liars and scoffers. You can forgive and love a person because it's the right thing to do, but you don't have to sit among them and go for the ride. I immediately went online to make sure that Texas has the law into effect. As of today 8/31/08, there are 28 states with a penalty for video voyeurism.
incomplete melodrama...
This being based on a true story, the filmmakers weren't permitted handy movie aids like shock surprises or a violent ending. Which hampers this retelling of the Louisiana woman who was unknowingly videotaped by a pervy neighbor. She's peeped, and peeped, and peeped again. Even without knowing the real-life events, we know it's the overly-helpful guy across the street. But all the first hour of the film contains is his spying and good deeds. We get the point after a half hour, and there are no real other avenues for this to go. Finally the point is reached where he tips his hand, so the victim checks out the guys house while he's away. Sure enough, videotapes are discovered featuring her and others in the buff. I don't know if this next part is accurtate or not, but having to sit through the Barney Fife investigation by the slackass police department was pretty grueling. Jr. high school comments made by one cop, while another seems to side with the peeper. Not to mention the church, which all but excuses his wrong-doings. Surprisingly, the guy confesses to the cops, cops a plea, end of movie. It seemed more sensationalistic in the press than within this film. A better-than-usual cast for a Lifetime Network film helps, with the gorgeous Harmon, effectively creepy Sheridan, and journeyman Midkiff. But they all---especially Harmon---belong in features as opposed to this in one ear, out the other fodder.
It's based on a true story-
so the theme is at least followed through, and Angie Harmon does very well portraying the victim of a video voyeur. If this was fiction it would not deserve a thought, but the fact that Ms. Wilson was actually taped by her psychotic landlord is an important fact. Dale Midkiff is passable as the concerned husband, and Jamey Sheridan is very believable as the creepy voyeur. The audience also sees how a relatively average family, renting a house in New Orleans is victimized by "elders" of the local parish. While sometimes these movies are completely over-the-top, this one is worth watching as a cautionary tale, and the performances are pretty good. Jamey Sheridan especially deserves mention- think of Robin Williams in "One Hour Photo", and you will get the picture; a menacing character who we may encounter many times in our life; one never knows what a person is capable of. 7/10.