Girl in the Basement

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I knew something was off the moment our main antagonist delivered his first line of dialogue. He was such an atrociously bad actor throughout the entire film that it genuinely felt like a school project at times. It wasn't until the first cut to black during a tense moment that I realized this is a Lifetime made for TV type movie. With that taken into consideration, it held my attention well enough. What trumps even the poor acting and cinematography was the method of story telling. They attempt the classic move where they show a scene from near he end of the movie and then jump back 20 years earlier, slowly building back up to that moment to continue from it. The problem is that this particular scene shows us that any attempt at escape we see throughout the first hour will be unsuccessful, killing any tension and momentum. This was based off the harrowing real story of Elisabeth Fritzl, and more justice could have been done with it in the film realm.

EDIT: *According to the woman in the informational bit at the end of the movie ( the executive director of the National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect ), it is a "fictionalized account of abduction and imprisonment". Yet others are saying it's based on the true story of Elizabeth Fritzl in Austria. I had originally assumed that LMN implied it's a true story to attract more viewers, especially with the caption at the beginning - "Inspired by true events". The fact that it's based on a true story makes it absolutely beyond horrific, which is why it was important to determine whether it was or not. So I watched the 15-minute special at the end to find out, but now I'm confused.* Secondly, another reviewer here said that Judd Nelson acted badly in it in his role as the psycho father Don. That couldn't be farther from the truth. He was so good in the role that I had to keep reminding myself he was only acting. It was too easy to believe Judd Nelson, the actor, is/was as despicable as the character he was portraying. I don't think LMN actors are ever considered for Emmy awards, but if not, they should make an exception for him. Sometimes I read reviews here on imdb and wonder what is wrong with people who can't recognize and appreciate great acting, and who rave with adulation about terrible movies with bad acting and direction, etc. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Elizabeth Rohm directed this movie - she's a very good actress and did a great job with this. It was difficult to sit through at times since the entire theme was so disturbing, but it was very good as a whole except for minor plot holes and contrivances, such as Chris the boyfriend waiting for her for two decades. It would've been more believable and real if he had told her he had gotten married and had a few kids during those twenty years, and either they could be good friends or he was divorced and available. But since nothing was said in that respect, the audience is led to believe he had been waiting for her all those years, even though her dad had told him that she had run off with another guy. Side note: I wanted her to climb out of the hole she scraped bigger and go for help instead of flashing signals with the flashlight. Also, the make-up people should have done more to make her look 38 years old at the end because she still looked like a teenager - just raggedy, thin, and pale, which was realistic, but she looked much younger than the age she would've been then. Finally, I don't know if anyone else noticed the subtle implication of pure intentional evil in something Don said toward the end: when the boy Michael came at him to fight him and Don mocked and belittled his smallness in size and weight compared to Thomas who had been raised upstairs all his life - knowing all the while that Thomas was bigger and healthier than pale, thin Michael because Michael had grown up in the bomb shelter with no sunshine or fresh air and never enough to eat. Don shouldn't be hostile to a child that came from sex with his own daughter in the first place, of course. It magnified what a monster he was. Grade B- / 7 out of 10.

I think was movie was pretty good considering they had to share the terrifying 24 year story of Elizabeth Fritz in such a short amount of time. The acting was ok, and though the two eldest children should have been nearly adults, they looked 14 and 12. Perhaps to showcase the stunt of growth? Idk but my biggest disappointment was the ending. It felt rushed. I would have loved to see her mom and sisters reaction of reuniting with her vs an old flame who we are supposed to believe waited 20 years for her return on the same bike he'd been riding since the beginning of the film. I would have loved to see her reaction to the son she sent to be raised by her mom. Maybe even her mom and sisters disgust toward the father would have been great. Parts of this movie just felt lazy and the ending was the main.

Bad acting with annoying music which i suppose is tp add a tense fee, but it seems out of place and cheap. Don't waste your time!

Now I do not usually write reviews on IMDB despite having this account for years but this movie... While the true story this is very loosely based on which is a horrible and vile story, this movie feels rushed, jarring, and has very very little reason to exist The acting is subpar but that's what Lifetime is. The plot and character motives make 0 sense. Then on top of that, the tone is just so depressing but just over the top. To start off, the father's motives to lock her daughter in a bomb shelter which by the way...HOW DOES NO ONE KNOW ABOUT THIS! His motives to lock her up, rape her and breed her is because she's being a teenager sneaking out of the house. Now if the dad had a scary past like he's a serial killer like in The Stepfather but no. This all comes out of nowhere because of what? Toxic masculinity? No Oedipus Complex? No past of him killing or criminal history. Loss of his wife or even his whole family besides his daughter? Nope All the side characters are also TERRIBLE! The mother who doesn't wonder where her husband goes all day even after threatening to get a private investigator. Saying she won't go in the basement bc she doesn't like rats or whatever. The sister who was IN THE BASEMENT WITH KEYS never further investigated her father or the basement after his sporadic response. The boyfriend who has talked to the sister and the film seemed like it was pushing towards a team up to investigate the house but it goes nowhere just like everything in the film. The argument scene between the sister, mother and father have no progression even though it hinted towards it. With the mother threatening a PI, the sister questioning if the dad did something, his defensive responses. HOW DOES NO ONE CATCH THESE RED FLAGS! Then the actual girl in the basement has no uphill battle and tries to fight back once. Even when there's a hole in the ceiling, she just forgets about it. Like it goes from thinking "Hey maybe she make a plan to escape or fight back." because that's where the momentum was going...then it flashes forward a year. That's the pace of this movie. The tone overall is just edgy, triggering, and over the top. The rape scenes are so sudden and jarring going for a trigger factor and not from something rooted in his past or something in his arc. There is no strong female character in our protagonist where we root for her. Give Don't Breathe for example. It ended up in a similar scenario where the blind man forced breeding on the female protagonist. But here, there's a strong moment where he gets taken down and well for those who have seen that movie you know...he gets what he deserves. This film is missing something like that. A part showing the dad isn't an unstoppable force, that he has a weakness. Even the ending when he gets caught was unsatisfying. He could've at least been thrown down by the cop if he fought back. Show the audience the father getting what he deserves. His character is vile and evil (while unknown where this rooted from) There is very little redeemable moments from this movie besides the fact of spreading awareness in sexual assault which is why this gets 1 star for me. I recommend watching The Stepfather (1987 version is best) or Don't Breathe then this mess of a film.