Shameful Secrets

1993

Biography / Drama / Thriller

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 480 480

Plot summary

A woman and her children seemingly live the idyllic suburban dream, but unbeknownst to their neighbors and friends, the kids are being brutally abused by their father who is unable to control his temper.

Director

David Carson Photo
David Carson

Top cast

Joanna Kerns Photo
Joanna Kerns as Maryanne Walker-Tate
Tim Matheson Photo
Tim Matheson as Daniel
Nealla Gordon Photo
Nealla Gordon as Margaret Chapman
LaTanya Richardson Jackson Photo
LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Louise Levy
480p.WEB
812.57 MB
720*480
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 6 / 10

Good Movie BUT?

Reviewed by 4 / 10

Original title (Going Underground) was misleading, otherwise, typical Lifetime TV stuff

This played on Lifetime Television under the title "Going Underground," which intrigued me. There are women who go underground, changing their identities and living anonymous lives to hide themselves and their children from abusive husbands. But this never lived up to it. The heroine didn't "go underground" until the last 15 minutes of the film, and it was shown in quick stills. What did they show, then? A completely ordinary and predictable drama with every Battered Woman chicle in the book. Talk about false advertising! I felt so cheated, I wanted to batter the people who made this, especially the one who chose the title. The story and its ending will surprise only those who have never watched Lifetime Television before.
Reviewed by 5 / 10

This Story Always Needs to be Told

This film has two names, the one I viewed was "Going Underground" which is a better title for this type of film about a very happy looking married couple with two children. However, once the front door is shut the husband turns into another person and thinks he is in the boxing ring with his wife, who has no defense except to take all the right and left shots to the jaw. Joanna Kerns,(Maryann Walker-Tate) gave an outstanding performance through out the entire picture as the wife who struggles to keep her children and try to change the laws about abused women in the United States. Tim Matheson, (Daniel) gave a great supporting role as the most shameful husband/father you would ever want to know. This subject always needs to be told, because unfortunately women are still having to face this horrible brutality.
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