The Two Mr. Kissels

2008

Drama

1
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 653 653

Director

Ed Bianchi Photo
Ed Bianchi

Top cast

Robin Tunney Photo
Robin Tunney as Nancy Keeshin
Karen Ivany Photo
Karen Ivany as Roz
Chuck Shamata Photo
Chuck Shamata as Bill Kissel
Martin Doyle Photo
Martin Doyle as George Miniter
480p.DVD
760.27 MB
716*364
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 80

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 6 / 10

Good individual Scenes

Some very good individual scenes here, and an excellent performance from John Stamos (not so with Robin...who is just terribly miscast in this one)....however the whole is not as good as it's individual parts. Based on a true story, I had seen several documentaries about this really amazing case (Two brothers on separate Continent's are both murdered). Those documentaries are extremely fulfilling. This TV drama only touches on the highlights of the tragedies. Unfortunately, the wealth of material that was available to the writer wasn't used properly. Yes, as I've said, some VERY good, and well researched scenes. However, this TV movie basically only has acted sections of what really happened. Unfortunately, if you don't know enough about the case itself....this film won't make too much sense. But what is there is good....it's just not enough. Investigate the case before you see the film, and I'm sure you will agree.
Reviewed by 5 / 10

Kissels Fizzles -The Two Mr. Kissels **1/2

Reviewed by 6 / 10

Uneven dramatization of a true story

Lifetime Television's "The Two Mr. Kissels," based on the true story of two murdered brothers, stars John Stamos as Andrew Kissel, Anson Mount as Robert Kissel, and Robin Tunney as Robert's wife, Nancy. Somehow, a fascinating story was rendered fairly uninteresting by the script. With better writing, this might have been a compelling, old-fashioned two-parter, as there is certainly enough material out there.The Kissel brothers were wealthy and seemingly successful young men - Robert was a brilliant businessman whose career had an upward trajectory. Unfortunately, he married a narcissistic money-grubber (Tunney) who falls for a cable guy (in real life a stereo repairman) and decides she's better off with all of the cash and no husband. Andrew could have been a successful entrepreneur, but he needed to come up to par with his brother and make a big splash. He becomes a cocaine-addicted, womanizing con artist, married to a successful woman who truly loves him and turns a blind eye to his shady deals and late nights.The murders of both men are handled well, but one never gets a strong sense of the relationship between the two brothers or any handle on the character of Robert. John Stamos does a good job with the material, but the best role in the film belongs to Robin Tunney as Nancy. She's excellent. It's really the only fleshed out part in the film.There was a good deal more that went on in this real-life saga, including in court. In the end, I felt that the script let down what should have been a fascinating story.
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