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Mother loses her child to international abduction and keeps looking for her over a decade while "rescuing" other "lost" children.. and based on a true story?

That poster is quite misleading, and the casting isn't helping. Kate Beckinsale looks like she is still recovering, and while her acting is good enough, it was the idea behind the film that helped me enjoy it.. not the performance.

This isn't really an action thriller, or at least it doesn't feel like it, it is definitely drama. And while it somehow feels underwritten and the execution makes it seem like a TV streaming, it gets the message across while remaining a heavy topic and though to swallow. It helps that I always enjoy stories that teach me about things that happen in the world I've never even heard of.

I don't think the film is particularly good, but it is efficient and not at all bad.

Stolen Girl is an excellent drama, thriller starring Kate Beckinsale as Maureen, a mother who loses her daughter to kidnapping and goes on an 8 year mission to find her and bring her back.

It's a well told and well paced drama with some decent action and espionage to keep the stakes high and the plot rolling.

But ultimately it's a story about a mother who will risk everything to get her daughter back and the film does a fine job of portraying the emotional, political and ethical dilemmas surrounding why these kinds of events really do happen in the real world.

An exciting and moving story, excellently told. Highly recommended! :-)

I think it's a good movie, there are no over-the-top action scenes in which there is an unnatural amount of blood. The actors are also good. The events are moving. It's true that Kate's lip augmentation sometimes takes the focus off the film, but she plays her role wonderfully. Scott shouldn't be judged independently of his father, I like his performance.

Honestly, I don't even know what to write about Stolen Girl. The movie just didn't connect with me at all - emotionally, it felt empty. There was nothing special or memorable about it; the story moved without any real impact or engagement. It's one of those films you watch once and instantly forget. Overall, a very flat experience that fails to leave any impression.

Not sure why the reviews are average. It's a very good movie, based on true events. It's really pulled on the heart strings; the years not moving on for the grieving parent, but life continues for the stolen and their kidnapping parent.

There could have been more depth to the characters, but all in all I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and it's well worth watching.