
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.... (Full plot summary below)
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School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
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| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSigourney Weaver is so daring and amazing, her veracity is at times painful to behold. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonDefying every pitfall and eclipsing everything else in the film, Sigourney Weaver delivers a bravura portrait of a complex woman falsely accused of child abuse. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn accomplished film that continually takes us beyond our first impressions of people and situations. |
| CinemaSense.ComCornell & PetricelliA film with an every day beginning and an every day ending, and a triumph in between. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is not tidy. Like its heroine, it doesn't follow the rules. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanAll of the characters in this story of love, guilt and redemption feel like real people, facing real dilemmas, and you truly care about what happens to them |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldWhat makes this film truly chilling is the fact first-time feature filmmaker Scott Elliott and his writers somehow make every step of this descent harrowingly believable. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandA truly remarkable film. It is just not for everyone. |
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| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWeaver is superb in a movie as scary and provocative as the timely subject it explores. |