Framed

We know drama. Yes, that's TNT's new somewhat annoying mantra/tagline, but in the case of Framed, they pretty much do. Ok, so I was flipping through the channels one night, when lo and behold, who should appear but one of my favorite actors, Sam Neill. And, not in a Jurassic Park role, I might add; quite rare for cable. Anyway, I was fairly hooked in the first ten minutes. By the time the ending rolled around (Only a measly 91 minutes, but still) I had a goofy smile on my face and a new favorite movie. It's special, still, as it's my last movie seen on 2002. Beside the point, I think that on the whole, the production values, the sets, the locations, the nicely twisting and keep-you-guessing script, not to mention the great acting, this struck me as a REAL movie, not a made for cable one. In short, if there's a chance to see it, folks, do it, you won't be sorry.

I saw the ads for this on TNT and was impressed by the stable of actors involved. Sam Neill, excellent in everything I've seen him in, (including "Omen IV"--that's saying something); Rob Lowe, an actor who until recently hasn't secured the challenging roles his ability demands; and Alicia Coppola, an actress whose looks and abilities deserve more air-time.

The surprise aspect: A very good story. Nice twists, and a sense of humor and style (rare for TV movies, generally speaking).

Sympathetic characters (a depth to them) with shades of gray. They make mistakes and deal with them, but in the end maintain their integrity.

All in all, worth the time spent watching. Satisfying and entertaining. In the end, that's everything a movie should aspire to be.

An entertaining film for a rainy day.

The plot is successful without being especially high budget and is carried by a few good scenes.However, the lead actor is noticeably wooden in his approach to the good cop position. The overall plot has a bundle of twists and turns but unfortunately still leaves an uneasy feeling about both characters morals towards the ending.

I can't tell if my expectations were too high or the overall feeling afterwards was especially low but this film wasn't as good watching it for the second time. If it's on TV it's probably worth a look otherwise don't go out of your way to see it.

Upon seeing the first commercial for a rather aggressive ad campaign I decided to give Framed a try. Especially, after seeing Sam Neill, one of my favorite actors I resolved to set the date in my schedule. I must say that time spent watching Framed is well worth it. I thoroughly enjoyed this TV movie, which must not let fool you. Framed because of acting, story, production, and so on cannot be so easily considered just another TV movie and must be given respect. From the beginning till the end I was quite ecstatic and also thrilled to add another movie to my favorite's list. Consider it a winner, especially for Sam Neill who once again delivered up to my expectations and performed brilliantly as well as the other actors.

I was not expecting this movie to be very good at all, to be quite honest. I thought it was going to be one of those 'one of them is good and one is bad' kind of movies. Here, we saw that Rob Lowe's character and Sam Neil's character sort of kept trading places, if you will.

Especially Sam Neil's character. It's like he was a good bad guy. I thought that the plot was really interesting. You thought it was going one way and then the next minute it's going another. It really kept me guessing! And TNT's slogan fit this movie: "We know drama."