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Enough (2002)

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Reviews Counted:121

Fresh:26

Rotten:95

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: Enough exploits the serious issue of spousal abuse to make an illogical, unintelligent thriller.

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A diner waitress, Slim (Jennifer Lopez), meets Mitch (Bill Campbell), a handsome rich man who defends her in the diner. They marry and have a child, but Slim's happiness is soon lost when she... A diner waitress, Slim (Jennifer Lopez), meets Mitch (Bill Campbell), a handsome rich man who defends her in the diner. They marry and have a child, but Slim's happiness is soon lost when she discovers that her husband has a mistress. When confronted, Mitch becomes abusive and proceeds to lay down controlling laws for Slim. As the abuse grows worse, Slim realizes that fleeing is her only path to freedom. Mitch's determination becomes evident as he tracks Slim down, terrorizes her, and uses the legal system to his advantage, scheduling a custody hearing. Realizing that flight and the law are not her strongest allies, Slim takes intensive combat classes, preparing to meet Mitch one last time, intending to kill him in apparent self defense. ENOUGH wisely spins typical gender roles beyond the training of its protagonist. Slim is aided by a sensitive male admirer (Dan Futterman), who has stamina problems, and her daughter Grace (Tessa Allen), who has admirable basketball skills. When it comes time for the climactic last battle, ENOUGH doesn't get bogged down with politics, sexual or otherwise. Instead, it gleefully delivers an elaborate, bloody, final brawl. [More]

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Bill Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Bill Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Noah Wyle, Bill Cobbs, Fred Ward, Tessa Allen, Chris Maher

Director: Michael Apted

Director: Michael Apted
Screenwriter: Nicholas Kazan
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Rob Cowan
Composer: David Arnold
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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I wonder how people would feel if a room full of men hooted and hollered through the rape sequence in The Accused.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
05/27/02
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

This movie seems to have been written using Mad-libs. There can be no other explanation. Hilariously inept and ridiculous.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
05/26/02
Collin Souter
Collin Souter
eFilmCritic.com

Clumsy, obvious, preposterous, the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/26/02
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine

The contrivances ... are simply too preposterous and laborious to sit through.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
05/26/02
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
05/25/02
Boston Phoenix
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A juicy, pulpy and entirely shameless melodrama, the kind of well-tooled popcorn flick that manages the difficult feat of appealing to your worst instincts without making you feel ashamed of yourself.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
05/24/02
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
San Francisco Examiner

Contains a strong, effective performance from Jennifer Lopez... but Enough is too bogged down in ineptly crafted formula to work.

Full Review Source: Mark Reviews Movies | comment Comment
05/24/02
Mark Dujsik
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies

At best, this should have been a bad made-for-TV movie.

Full Review Source: CNN.com | comment Comment
05/24/02
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
CNN.com
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The usually reliable director Michael Apted does little to raise the movie's tension or its I.Q. level.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
05/24/02
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

In terms of actual social conscience, the movie gets a demagogic, rabble-rousing F.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/24/02
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

Apted has paced Enough with the required amount of snap, keeping the whammies coming at regular and increasingly terrifying intervals.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/24/02
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

The picture should really have been titled Uncle, because that's what many men will feel like crying out after enduring this estrogen-fuelled freakout.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/24/02
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star

Black-and-white and unrealistic.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
05/24/02
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Is it just me, or have Jennifer Lopez's movies gotten progressively dumber as her popularity has soared?

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
05/24/02
Todd Anthony
Todd Anthony
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Enough just added another lane.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
05/24/02
Tom Keogh
Tom Keogh
Seattle Times

It's just too bad that so much of the film is heavy-handed, manipulative and contrived, or simply so hard to believe.

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
05/24/02
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

It's the most tension-producing movie out there right now -- in the best way, it's almost unbearable.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
05/24/02
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Lopez can act, but why bother in something so painfully false? You don't empower anyone with a lobotomy.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
05/24/02
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

It appears to have been made by people to whom the idea of narrative logic or cohesion is an entirely foreign concept.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
05/24/02
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com

You expect more from director Michael Apted (Enigma) and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan (Reversal of Fortune) than this cliche pileup.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
05/24/02
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
 
 
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