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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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Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
05/24/02
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com

The hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
05/24/02
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

Unfortunately, you have to sit through a lot of awkward plotting to get to [the final showdown].

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
05/24/02
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Nitrate Online

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
05/24/02
Guylaine Cadorette
Guylaine Cadorette
Hollywood.com

Dotted with the 'Oh, please!' moments of grotesque implausibility you get when cynical, shameless filmmakers ... feel contempt for their audience.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/24/02
Jonathan Foreman
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post

Enough is not a bad movie, just mediocre. The performances are so overstated, the effect comes off as self-parody.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
05/24/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Definitely a crowd-pleaser, but then, so was the Roman Colosseum.

Full Review Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram | comment Comment
05/24/02
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The story is also as unoriginal as they come, already having been recycled more times than I'd care to count.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
05/24/02
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

The audience cheered as the credits came up and that is what a crowd pleaser is supposed to do.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/24/02
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

A movie that hopes its idiot demographic won't notice the wave of vile stink slopping off the screen.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
05/24/02
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

One might wonder whether this isn’t the movie most calculated to enrage an audience ever made.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
05/23/02
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

If ever a movie was undermined by its packaging, it's this formulaic thriller.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/23/02
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A jarring thriller packed to the gills with cheap shocks.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/23/02
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Where, oh where, is the Jennifer Lopez who showed us a new kind of old-fashioned screen heroine in Out of Sight?

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
05/23/02
Paula Nechak
Paula Nechak
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society, but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/23/02
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

This Jennifer Lopez vehicle is a fender bender from which she emerges with some scrapes and bruises, but we didn't need to witness her receiving them

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
05/23/02
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

A stupid, artlessly made action movie that plays spousal abuse for cheap thrills.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
05/23/02
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The film tries to touch on spousal abuse but veers off course and becomes just another revenge film.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
05/23/02
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

This is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
05/23/02
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer
 
 
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