Too Late to Say Goodbye

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How likely is it that the family member is the one that uncovers the fact that the husband previously had a wife that died in identical circumstances ?(NONE!). How likely is it that the detective is the one that simulates a blood spatter instead of using a trained expert ?(NONE!). How likely is it that the detective is the one to call a press conference and not say the chief of police or the district attorney? (NONE!). And finally, what was the point of of the scene at the end where he smirks at the sister and implies he's going to try to make one juror like him only to just plead guilty? No need to go into all the other parts that make this pure drivel. I only gave it a 2 because of Rob. How does he still look the same as he did 25 years ago? Now that would be interesting to know.

TOO LATE TO SAY GOODBYE *WARNING: ANIMAL ABUSE/DEATH AS A PLOT DEVICE (see below) Told in semi flashback, the movie opens with Jenn Corbin's ( Stefanie von Pfetten ) apparent suicide. Then in retrospect, we see how Jenn and Bart Corbin ( Rob Lowe ) met, fell in love, had their children, and how their marriage disintegrated, due to Bart's controlling behavior. Bart Corbin is a dentist, and his assistant Dara ( Katie Griffin ) is a bit snarky to his wife Jenn. Jenn thinks Bart & Dara are having an affair, so Jenn seeks solace online. She begins an internet affair with someone named Chris. He's supposed to own a plant nursery in St. Louis, but is he really what he seems? At the same time, Bart, begins insinuating to Jenn's family she's having a breakdown. He's handsome, successful, and very convincing. Jenn pleads with her family to believe her, Bart is becoming violent, controlling and she's afraid. His outbursts are more over the top, but still, everyone is loathe to believe Jenn. When we return to the present, Detective Ann Roche ( Michelle Hurd ) and Detective Sam Malveau ( Marc Bendavid ) work tirelessly on the case. Now, Jenn's sister, Heather ( Lauren Holly ) can see the truth about her brother-in-law. Heather never gives up trying to prove Bart's guilt. Her tenaciousness leads her to another 'suicide', one of Bart's college girlfriends. Heather works with police to try to get justice for both women. Will it be enough to put him behind bars? WHAT WORKS: *Most of the performances in this TV movie are believable. The actors, Lauren Holly , Yannick Bisson , Michelle Hurd , Marc Bendavid , and of course, Rob Lowe , are a step above the usual faire, so it's more engaging. WHAT DOESN'T WORK: *There's not enough foreshadowing about Bart's true personality. One minute, he's a great guy, the next evil. There should have been more scenes where we, the viewer, see him as Jenn sees him. *The flashback to the '80's DOES NOT WORK! And playing Rick Astley in the back ground, and giving the girl big hair, does not convince me that 2009 Rob Lowe, is really 1987 Rob Lowe. We all know what Rob Lowe looked like in the '80's, and this is not it! It would have been better to get one of his son's to play him as a younger man, or some other look a like, because this is a FAIL. TO RECOMMEND, OR NOT TO RECOMMEND, THAT IS THE QUESTION: *I would recommend this movie. It has a great cast, and they do a good job with made-for-tv movie material. CLOSING NOTES: *I don't believe in trigger warnings, I think WOKE is a virus. BUT, I also don't agree with supporting movies that use animal abuse/murder as a plot point, to show a character is evil. It is lazy writing, and in most cases should be quashed. This movie does use a cat's kidnapping\disappearance at the hands of a psycho, as a plot device. *This is a Made-For-TV movie, please keep that in mind before you watch\rate it. TV movies have a much lower budget, and so your expectations should be adjusted. *I have no connection to the film, or production in ANY way. I am just an honest viewer, who wishes for more straight forward reviews. Hope I helped you out.

Agree that Rob Lowe shows his talent in this and it was for this that the movie was watchable. And Jenn his wife-unlike the balance of the cast whose over-acting made a cliché of a script that much harder to stand, her underplay was refreshing and a respectful reminder that this happened. The lack of skill in a dialogue that balanced boredom with cringe-worthy nonsense and lack of skill in acting it out would have been unwatchable without the two leads- a disservice to the real people who survived the loss and so senseless and selfish. On the author I see most readers rave about (Ann Rule) I've never understood why. Nonfiction isn't easy nor a gift like Truman Capote's expected again but Jack Olsen, Tom Henderson, Kevin Sullivan-my opinion only-I wish there were more true crime writers like them.

Rob Lowe tars in a movie of the week thriller...... Bart Corbin's wife Jenn dies at home, apparently suicide, as the police believe. While he and his children moves in with his brother Bobby, his wife's sister Heather starts a relentless campaign, without any clue, to make the police believe Bart must have murdered her and have an affair with practice secretary Dara. However PC data shows Jenn was the one who has an Internet affair with a Chris, who turned out to be a lesbian's alias. I don't mean to sound big headed, but if you do not know the outcome of this film in the first twenty minutes, and the fact that the cover art of the DVD shouts spoiler, you really need to stop watching films, as this is blindingly obvious from the get go. Lowe goes from charming to evil in 0 to 120mph, and other than wearing a sign above his head saying 'It was me', the rest of the cast think there maybe something wrong with him, but he's so smooth with it, he just slides away from all the alarm bells calling. But knowing the outcome so early in the film, makes it more of a comedy, as we see Lowe morph into this strange psycho-lite dentist. Instead of becoming more menacing, he gets more of a puppy dog look as the film progresses, and in doing this, he surprisingly becomes more of a protagonist than an antagonistic. Which makes it a really curious watch. With its movie of the week sheen, this narcissistic thriller has a daytime soap feel to it, which makes it all the more hilarious.

Whenever i see rob lowes name in the credits i know i will see the smug, conceited, arrogant horses ass he has always been...in this film he is dentist, not a doctor and from the onset you knew he was guilty of killing his wife, due to the reactions of his children... but will he get away with it ?

I was caught up watching this right away, reading on the screen this was a true story, which immediately takes off with a neighbor opening th front door after a knock one late night, finding the neighboring kid with bare feet covered in blood. The blood is from the mother, which seems to have shot herself. Then the film tells both the continuation of the effect this has on the relatives and friends, as we also neatly are told in retrospect what happened up to the tragic event of finding her shot on the bed. The film is very good hand work, and the acting is excellent, especially from Rob Lowe, playing the dentist husband Bart Corbin is excellent. No wonder his career is back on track. This shows his acting skills. Stephanie von Pfetten, which plays the dead woman which we also get to know retrospectively does great. Her sister is played by Lauren Holley, also doing that role great. We're neatly introduced to the fact of a family not functioning, with the parents blaming each other. The good hand work is showed in the film's pace, the storytelling and even in the narration and music. We also find the story building up suspension about what happened up to her death, where several is involved. The sister believes Bart killed her. And a female detective, played by Michele Hurd, is doing a great investigative job. We follow the investigation in an interesting way, unveiling the story. When I went to rate this on IMDb I was really baffled by the low score. I expected this to have a rating of 6 or 7, but 4,8??? I really think the ratings here tend to be very right, but this is an exception of the rule. I think this might be due to no dramatic ending. Well, this is a drama, not a fictional crime story. Well, it's far better than this rating in all aspects, and is well worth a watch. A good TV- movie about a true story.

The dentist who had everything except the fact that he couldn't take rejection. Rob Lowe plays this type of guy to the hilt in the true story. His frustrated wife begins an online relationship with a guy named Chris from St. Louis. Imagine, her surprise, when it turns out that Chris is actually a lesbian who has been looking for a relationship since her last one broke up. The movie is intriguing. Did the dentists wife kill herself as it first appeared or was there foul play? The picture wobbles when it's determined that while in college, the good dentist had a girlfriend who allegedly killed herself as well. We've seen this pattern before in films. We also have Lauren Holly, the victim's sister who suspects her brother-in-law from the start. Nothing new here as well except for the fact that the film is admirably done.

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The acting is all sound good, the story line is interesting, the cinematography is pretty bleh and they do the worst job ever of un-aging Rob Lowe for a flashback, but overall yeah I enjoyed it.