Sins of the Mother

1991

Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 552 552

psychopath based on true story overbearing mother serial rapist

Director

John Patterson Photo
John Patterson

Top cast

Caroline Williams Photo
Caroline Williams as Jennifer Coe
Charles Levin Photo
Charles Levin as Tom Brody
Richard Roat Photo
Richard Roat as Gordon Coe
Dale Midkiff Photo
Dale Midkiff as Kevin Coe
480p.DVD
832.66 MB
646*480
English 2.0
NR
29.97 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MattyGibbs 7 / 10

Decent true life story

A man dominated by his overbearing mother becomes a serial rapist. Based on a true story this explores the relationship between the rapist and his mother. Despite the unpleasant story line this manages to hold your attention throughout. The crimes themselves are committed off screen. Although the script is possibly a bit too straightforward the cast do a fine job. Elizabeth Montgomery is superb as the spiteful mother and Dale Midkiff is good as her son. Good support is given by Heather Fairfield as Midkiff's unsuspecting girlfriend. Although it's predictable it's still interesting to see Midkiff's life unravel as his crimes start to catch up with him. As far a true life made for TV movies go this is pretty good and is worth watching.
Reviewed by parkrd58 7 / 10

Elizabeth Montgomery and Dale Midkiff are WONDERFUL

Not one of Elizabeth Montgomery's best films, but she delivers a wonderfully evil performance. Dale Midkiff is also great as the almost pitiful rapist. Both actors have been in better movies, but they still make this one well worth watching. The twisted relationship between mother and son alone makes for an interesting film. The fact that it was based on a true story makes it all the more frightening. I enjoyed it very much. Fans of Liz and Dale won't be disappointed. What lacks in the script is more than compensated by these two gifted performers. Ignore the negative comments here. We miss you Liz! Why are there not more EM films on VHS or DVD. At least this film is available now. Hopefully more to come! Lets get A CASE OF RAPE and LEGEND OF LIZZIE BORDEN on DVD!
Reviewed by numberone_1 5 / 10

For Elizabeth Montgomery Fans

This movie was based on an actual case, and it appears to relate the components of the real-life story rather well, though most of the acting is rudimentary and the characters are portrayed as one-dimensional; portraying them this way was either (a) due to limitations in writing, or (b) necessary so that the plot could progress without any holes.In any case, Elizabeth Montgomery completely steals the show and compels the viewer to keep watching. Her performance in this movie is reason enough to watch it, and is testimony to her profound and multi-dimensional abilities as an actor. Elizabeth Montgomery is one of a very small subset of actors that can make virtually any role "go" (a/k/a believable, compelling, thought-provoking).
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