Enough (2002)

So much average

Absolutely Brilliant!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Jennifer Lopez, Bill Campbell, Dan Futterman and Juliette Lewis star in this 2002 drama-thriller based on the novel. Lopez (Selena) plays Slim, a waitress who finds romance with stranger, Mitch (Campbell). Soon, they move in together, get married and have a daughter, Gracie (Tessa Allen). Slim learns that Mitch isn't the charming guy she thought, when he not only cheats on her, but physically abuses her. Slim finds herself in a nightmare of desperately trying to get away from him with Gracie. Futterman (The Birdcage) plays Slim's ex-boyfriend, Joe, Lewis (Natural Born Killers) plays Slim's best friend, Ginny and Fred Ward (The Right Stuff) briefly appears as Slim's father, Jupiter. This is a pretty good film similar to "Sleeping with the Enemy" with tense and dramatic moments and Lopez & Campbell are great in it. I recommend this.

The society nowadays is not ready to accept the fact that so many women and girls fall victims of Domestic Violence, and it is pivotal to have movies like this which show the pain and endurance of a victim. Children are victim of emotional abuse as well, and it has a long impact on their life. Unfortunately, women are trapped by the fact that they are not capable to make it on their own financially and emotionally. The reason is the prolong abuse which harms their ability to function which is the reason behind the domestic violence, is to take control over the victim. In the movie the woman is portrayed as a strong woman who had decided to faith back and be example for women who have doubt in their ability to cope and show the perpetrator how is on the other side. When women decide to take control over the situation is because the court system usually gives custody to the father because he knows how to present himself so no one can notice his sociopaths personality. Women are more emotional and this is the reason most of the time for losing the battle in court.

Enough (2002): Dir: Michael Apted / Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Fred Ward: Manipulating bag of trash about feminine revenge. It regards being pushed to the limit and stars Jennifer Lopez as a waitress who meets her future husband. This is heaped upon quickly with corny subtitles and no real development. When she catches him cheating on her he reacts by beating the sh*t out of her. It is never explained why he becomes abusive. With assistance from co-workers she flees with her daughter making narrow contact with his henchmen before she is forced to react with a laughable case of self defense. About as despicable as Double Jeopardy or I Spit on Your Grave with director Michael Apted crossing serious issues with entertainment. This is quite a reduction for the guy who made Coal Miner's Daughter. Lopez and Billy Campbell look dumb-ass foolish in their juvenile school boy brawl, and Juliette Lewis and Dan Futterman make wasted appearances that they will not likely brag about at any Hollywood party. Fred Ward plays Lopez's father and despite tensions between the two he gives her assistance. This is the kind of corrupt manipulative bullshit that should be placed on the pavement and bashed to pieces with several baseball bats. The message is corrupted to the point where I'd had enough. Score: 1 / 10

I have been a fan of Jennifer Lopez since 1999, and I saw her in a lot of movies from Monster In Law,to Maid In Manhattan,heck I even seen Angel Eyes and that was good.Enough is a 2002 thriller starring Jennifer Lopez and it tells the story of a hardworking waitress named Slim who got tangled up with some guy who was hitting on her,while a handsome man played by Billy Campbell saves her from the guy that was hitting on Slim(and this all happened really quick BTW). First she met the guy at the café/diner where she worked,than she got married to him and then she had a CHILD with him all in the 15 minute intro into the film. But as Slim thinks that her marriage to Campbell's charcther is a life full of bliss,it all turns sour when he starts hitting her violently,forcing her to take her daughter and go on the run,but when he catches up with her again,she goes to San Francisco and Michigan where in one of her trips on the run she meets a former friend of her's called Joe and changes her name to Erin. But as she is enjoying her new life with a new identity and hairdo will her psychopath husband find her and will she be able to fight back and get rid of him from her life altogether?Bottom line I seen this twice before but I forgot it and I seen it again a few days ago for the second time and quite frankly it wasn't a bad movie. The acting was good,the story was good and the climax at the end was also great. My main issue with this film is the beginning where it says HEY ENOUGH,TO HAVE AND TO HOLD,RUN ETC. Overall I'm giving it a 6.