Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69645 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-02-12
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

From the Back Cover
With one innocent click of the camera, a young widowed mother enters a frightening nightmare that ultimately may lead to decades behind bars. It was nothing more than spontaneous family fun when Jen Bradley's (Mare Winningham, "St. Elmo's Fire," TV Emmy winner for "George Wallace," Academy Award nomination for "Georgia") daughters are photographed by their mother's childhood friend, Carrie Dixon, (Felicity Huffman, "Magnolia," Golden Globe Nominee for TV's "Sports Night") a professional photographer. No one would expect that these innocent shots of her young children would spark a police investigation of child pornography and abuse. What sounds like an absurd joke turns into a harrowing reality that carries a 50-year prison sentence for Jen.
Pursuing the case with a vengeance is Detective John Collins, who seems to care little for the truth. Most troubling to Collins and the prosecutor, is the vast number of shots taken of the scantily clad girls in seemingly suggestive poses. To the bewilderment of all but the legal system, the case goes to trial, where Jen faces the real prospect of losing her children forever. But the determined mother refuses to back down from a relentless prosecutor and a hardened judge. She is confident that Carrie's photos are nothing more than the everyday images that comprise a family's photo album. While the camera never lies, Jen realizes that the real danger is in who interprets the film. Inspired by a true story.

Customer Reviews

Moving and thought provoking
I love Mare Willingham and everything I've seen with her in it I have loved. I would recommend this film to all and especially to those with with young children. It clearly shows that even family pictures need to be taken with caution in the world we live in, sad but true. Mare protrays a great mom who couldn't love her children more but could lose everything.Diane

Snap Decisions..
First saw this on The Family Channel around 2000 or 2001. The story is about a mother who gets into trouble when some photos taken by a family-friend is developed at a photo lab.

The technician decides to report the photos since it seems to portray "innappropriate" images of young girls. The mom then faces some unfair accusations regarding the treatment of her daughters.

Good movie to reflect on the current state of this world. The DVD itself contains the movie trailer along with a Star Biograhies.

Powerful Flick!
Mare Winningham and Felicity Huffman are powerfully convincing in this movie, which is based on a true story. This controversial story is about interpretation...and the events that take place are great lead-ins for you to start up an in-depth discussion afterwards. I am a firm believer in our justice system...but it sure is amazing how a person's life can be so dependent upon the interpretations of a judge and a jury. Did Mare and Felicity take the pictures? Watch the movie...and you can be the judge!