

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Acting
Streep's unraveling composure is masterclass in controlled panic.
Direction
Schroeder mines oppressive New England winter for maximum dread.

Director
Barbet Schroeder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of three 1996 films about murdered teens in small towns, alongside Scream and Fear.
The film deliberately mirrors the real-life case of Eileen Franklin, whose repressed memory testimony was later discredited—though the movie reverses the dynamic.
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