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Lies My Mother Told Me / Widow on the Hill

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I loved the "lies my mother told me", since i love lifetime, its a great movie to watch after work. Its an intense sad/good movie to just watch. I suggest you buy this dvd cause you wil be popping it in each saturday night. Don't forget the popcorn!

This was one of the best lifetime type dramas I have seen. It is also one of the most disturbing. The behavior of this woman unsettled me so that I have been trying to find out what the final conclusion was on the internet. I have been unsucessful thus far. I know of other situations in real life where a spouse was accused of murdering (or attempting to murder) their wife/husband...one of which happened down the street from me (von Bulow in the 1980's) yet this is more chilling.

This is such a great movie but ends so sad. I saw it on Lifetime today and at the end I was crying so hard it was kind of making me sick. The best thing about this movie is you know that this woman really really loves her daughter. Great movie.

I watched this video on my computer and thought it was an amazing true story. Great! performances by all the cast. It's interesting that truth is stranger than fiction. I really want to know more about the characters. Was she as beautiful as Richardson? What did her parents do to find her? How did she end up this way? Where were they for all the years on the run? Terrific!

i GOT THESE DVD'S AT THE LIBRARY AND ENJOYED BOTH OF THE STORIES. ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THEY WERE BOTH SO SAD. IF ONE IS IN THE MOOD FOR A TEAR JERKER THESE ARE THE MOVIES FOR YOU.

i have this movie and i think its one of lifetime better of the movies but lifetime has may good movies this was very good .

Just my opinion.......As a two pack of movies...this pack is GREAT!!
You know sometimes you get a pack and one is good and the other sucks? Well this is not the case. A must have for Lifetime fans!

LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME (2005), strangely directed by
Canadian Christian Duguay, considering this is a TV
production, is said to be based on real events having
occurred in North Carolina and California.

It is one of those stories that can't help but ending
tragically, considering it's not a Hollywood production.
Consequently, it entertains little or not at all,
unfortunately.

The socially redeeming value of this work, is perhaps the
lesson it teaches, that all actions, have consequences.
That those crossing the legal line, can and will reap
serious legal, potentially life-threatening repercussions
in this day and age. For example, a murder, in this case,
by the protagonist of this picture, was not left
unpunished.

Conversely, the touching aspect, over the length of the
movie, is the innocent, inexperienced, limited point of
view on events transpired from the perpective of the
daughter of the perpetrator. The action is perhaps taken
directly from the daughter's diary, who recollects on her
chaotic, confused childhood.

On the other hand, the actions of the protagonist, played
credibly by actress Joely Richardson, is astonishing, not
only in the varied aspects of misconduct, and in their
seriousness (to the point, as stated, of a murder), but in
the length of time that it took for the penal system to
catch up with those dastardly deeds. It goes without
saying, (without wanting to sound righteous, considering
that eventually, the perpetrator died in prison or shortly
after), that those surely shocked, flabbergasted and
horrified those in the community, despite most of the
acts, not being violent, but insidious schemes. It is said
that in 2006, ID theft has become one of the most widely
abused schemes for some to reap financial gain. However,
the lesson of this movie, should perhaps be learned by
those considering going down that road.