Abducted by My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story

2023

Action / Crime / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79%
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 776 776

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Plot summary

The story of Elizabeth Thomas, a 15-year-old high school student who was groomed and abducted by teacher Tad Cummins.

Director

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Shawn Linden

Top cast

Averie Peters Photo
Averie Peters as Lily Thomas
Jan Skene Photo
Jan Skene as Woman #1
Michael Fishman Photo
Michael Fishman as Tad Cummins
Paul Essiembre Photo
Paul Essiembre as Brett
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803.74 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
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1.46 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

effective Lifetime

Elizabeth Thomas (Summer H. Howell) is a 15 year old new high school student after a life in home-schooling. She is called trailer trash especially with the rumors about her mother. She is befriended by her health class teacher Tad Cummins (Michael Fishman). He seems friendly and caring to all his students. After another student reports them, he gets investigated by the police.This is an effective Lifetime movie. Summer H. Howell looks young enough and that helps with the realism. It is a long way from DJ for Michael Fishman. I don't know if this is based on a true story. It is par for the course for Lifetime.
Reviewed by unclejeff 4 / 10

Abducted by My Teacher - ** out of *****

I'll start out by giving this Lifetime movie a small pat on the back - it doesn't feel exploitative like many of these movies do. And an introduction by Elizabeth Smart ensures that this is not going to be trashy. Unfortunately, it's just not that well made. And I will take some of the blame. I try very hard to go into every movie with an open mind - but for the life of me, I couldn't grasp little DJ Conner from ROSEANNE becoming a sexual predator. It doesn't help that he is sporting facial hair that looks as though a 3-year-old drew on him with a magic marker. Another set of facial hair at the very end is so bad that it made me do a spit take. I would be very interested to see young Howell in better material. I sense the spark of a potentially good actress, although her accent here made me think of a Holly Hunter mini-me. The screenplay waivers between After School Special and psychological textbook. As a linear story, it's quite poor. Elizabeth begins the film living with a single father and two sisters. Later, they totally disappear without explanation, and she is living with an older brother. Supporting performances are average at best - Tracy Penner as Fishman's wife is particularly poor. This is based on a true story, and those involved deserve more than just good intentions.
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