
1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates. In flashbacks we see her arranged marriage to the hard-working but angry Simon, who takes her to his half-built homestead and abuses her. She's treated well by his younger brother George... (Full plot summary below)
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1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates. In flashbacks we see her arranged marriage to the hard-working but angry Simon, who takes her to his half-built homestead and abuses her. She's treated well by his younger brother George, with whom she laughs, but he's too weak to protect her. Is she guilty? At the homestead, Mullen hears a different story, one that exonerates Annie. Can he unearth the truth? Then what?
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| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerThis gem of a murder thriller offers a rich and penetrating array of characters in a beautifully structured drama that never relaxes its grip or its passions. |
| User ReviewBrynn Hloved it but hated the ending, plus corey sevier is gorgeous! I love brenden fehr but he was scary in this. |
| User ReviewMatt FA wonderful exploration of what a harsh life can do to the delicate balance between sanity and insanity. Caroline Dhavernas is wonderful in the role of Annie. Good dialogue throughout, with a story that is well put together. |
| User ReviewRobin FNice and twisty, plot-wise. You really feel for Annie and even if she HAS killed her husband, you know he deserves it. Brendan Fehr did a good job making me hate him. |
| User ReviewGabriel KThis is not an easy film to watch. Life on the frontier is hard enough in the best of times and with people who behave with a measure of compassion toward each other. When the husband you thought would rescue you from a bleak life in an orphanage turns out to be a sadistic brute, and his brother is a sensitive dreamer, then the outcome is more or less obvious. However, the acting by Caroline Dhavernas as the young wife, Annie, and her fearlessness in a difficult role rescued this from melodramatic drivel. The scenery was bleak, the rest of the cast proved competent, with only the affectations of some pretty lame accents to spoil the atmosphere. There is brutality, but for the most part we hear it rather than see it. There is tenderness as well, and when Annie smiles, the room lightens. |
| User ReviewPrivate UA good historical thriller. Good Acting and a believable story. Good to watch on a Sunday night. Not ground breaking but not a waste of time either. |
| User ReviewNatalie KAll right...better than I expected, for whatever that's worth. |
| User ReviewAmanda HThis movie is very slow-moving, but also quite interesting. I never quite decided exactly what happened, and most of the characters didn't come across as trustworthy or honest, but that was the basis of the movie's appeal. I just wish it hadn't dragged so much, because otherwise it would have been a great film. |
| User ReviewRobert BEdge of Madness (Anne Wheeler, 2002) Historical drama/mystery set in nineteenth-century frontier Canada about a woman (Devil's Caroline Dhavernas) who walks into a sheriff's office and confesses to murdering her husband (Final Destination's Brendan Fehr), and the investigation that follows. Enjoyable, if somewhat slight, and most of the relationships never quite rang true for me (the exception is that between the alleged murderess and the lead investigator); how much you can overlook that likely determines how much you'll end up liking it. Would have been better with a slightly less predictable ending, but you can't find many of those these days. *** |
| User ReviewJames H5.5/10. The film shifts from the present to the past so many times it gets very confusing and detracts from the films overall impact. The performances are very good and it does a great job evoking the look and feel of the mid 1800's. Well photographed, great and convincing sets. |