A Map of the World (R)
synopsis
Alice and Howard Goodwin have recently moved to rural Wisconsin and are regarded with suspicion by most of their neighbors. The couple does form a friendship, however, with Theresa and Dan Collins. Both couples often take turns babysitting for one another. Tragedy occurs one day when Alice, momentarily distracted, discovers that Theresa's daughter has drowned in a pond near her house. Alice is grief stricken and then further horrified when a neighborhood boy accuses her of sexual abuse. Imprisoned, her husband unable to make bail, Alice is left to face up to all of her grief and a court trial, while her husband and Theresa must find their own peace.
details
Drama
2 hr. 5 min.
Opened January 21st, 2000
MovieGoer Review
When one thinks of Sigourney Weaver, images of the strong women she has portrayed on screen flutter by quickly: Ripley in the "Alien" franchise, Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist," Paulina Escobar in "Death and the Maiden," even her bril... MORE
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synopsis
Alice and Howard Goodwin have recently moved to rural Wisconsin and are regarded with suspicion by most of their neighbors. The couple does form a friendship, however, with Theresa and Dan Collins. Both couples often take turns babysitting for one another. Tragedy occurs one day when Alice, momentarily distracted, discovers that Theresa's daughter has drowned in a pond near her house. Alice is grief stricken and then further horrified when a neighborhood boy accuses her of sexual abuse. Imprisoned, her husband unable to make bail, Alice is left to face up to all of her grief and a court trial, while her husband and Theresa must find their own peace.
details
Drama
2 hr. 5 min.
Opened January 21st, 2000
MovieGoer Review
When one thinks of Sigourney Weaver, images of the strong women she has portrayed on screen flutter by quickly: Ripley in the "Alien" franchise, Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist," Paulina Escobar in "Death and the Maiden," even her bril... MORE
