As Good As It Gets

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Of course there have been tens of thousands of real women who have been held captive against their will. As an example there were the three (3) young ladies that were held captive against their will for almost ten (10) years in Cleveland by the serial predator and rapist Ariel Castro. The 2015 film titled Cleveland Abduction documented in detail what these three women went through and how they eventually escaped Castro's in-house prison. (You can read my IMDB review on this film dated May 05th, 2015.)This Lifetime film was deeply unrealistic by how blatantly neglectful both the local police and newspapers were in not covering the abduction story of missing women if it really did occur. This is a very much exaggerated "women held prisoner" by a neat and tidy wacko neighbor. Although the story line is an interesting concept in which the captor is still living in the 1950's based on his physical appearance, the car he drives, and how is basement prison is decorated with retro 1950's furniture and appliances, there doesn't seem to be any Dick Tracy around to solve the case of these missing women.As in many other films, the ending leaves a lot to be desired and was a letdown for me. I give the film a 6 out of 10 rating.

Not only was this movie believable, it was the best Lifetime movie I'd seen in the last 5 years. I had become so bored with the way the movies have morphed into the same online girl looking for love or adventure, or compromised teachers, or killers so silly that I didn't care what they did just as long as I could turn the channel. This story line was carefully written and pieced together, with great acting, so that it kept be on the edge of my seat throughout. The foreshadowing and clues leading to the climax and ending couldn't have been better. The movie deserves a second viewing to catch every aspect of the suspenseful writing. Wonderful...can't say enough good things about this movie.

After a frightening apartment robbery, attractive graphic designer Courtney Ford (as Jessica "Jess" Crowder) and her handsome fiancé Andrew W. Walker (as Evan Crowder) move into a picturesque suburban house. They are immediately welcomed by quirky-looking neighbor Shaun Benson (as Simon), a professor in "Men's Studies." He comes from a 1950s "traditional background," having a father who worked and a mother who cooked. Also an amateur crime investigator, Ms. Ford does not cook. She doesn't watch "Lifetime" TV Movies, either, or she would have known better than to get too chummy with quirky neighbors..."Kept Woman" follows the formula for making these television movies fun. A great looking cast in an abduction fantasy, with some subtle humor; it's marvelously played. Michel Poulette's direction and the cool set design are quite nice, so stay tuned. The opening scenes are not strong, but they move the story along quickly. It would have been nice to build up more suspense between Ford and Mr. Benson, who is positively delicious as the male chauvinist professor. The "family" formed by Benson could have been further developed, also. Still, it's better to leave viewers expecting to see more, than wanting to see less.****** Kept Woman (2/28/15) Michel Poulette ~ Courtney Ford, Shaun Benson, Andrew W. Walker, Rachel Wilson

Directly below is a partial quote taken from the description of this movie: ...'finds comfort with a man trapped in a modern day society after being left behind in a botched time traveling experiment from the 1950'...This is NOT what this movie is about AT ALL!!!!! She does NOT find comfort!!!! She is stalked and kidnapped!!!!! 'left behind from a botched time traveling experiment' NOT TRUE AT ALL. There is nothing in this movie re: time travel botched or otherwise!!!!! (just because the protagonist had a containment room decorated in the style of a previous decade does not make it 'time travel')I wondered why this movie was labelled as a Drama if it involved time travel I thought there should also be the label of Fantasy. BUT...There is no time travel. AND....If she was truly finding comfort then yes, maybe label as drama......HOWEVER....as mentioned previously she was not finding comfort...she was kidnapped by a serial killer.... HENCE....this is nothing more than a Horror film and should be labelled as such with a proper description as the whole description on this site is nothing more than a mishmash of words that mean nothing at all.It is almost as if someone was confused and copied and pasted a movie's description on to this movie and it actually belonged to another film.All that aside. On top of being angry as all get out when watching this, waiting for things that never happened.....it is a cheaply made, all round bad movie....not worth watching at all.*****It was brought to my attention after 5 days of posting this review the movie's description was changed. IT NOW HAS A PROPER PLOT DESCRIPTION. Thank You. :)*****Making most of what I wrote a moot point.