Tonight at 9:00 pm ET, Lifetime Premiers its latest movie about the Natalee Holloway story called JUSTICE FOR NATALEE HOLLOWAY.
The movie is entirely too long. Although it clocks in at the usual two hours , after the first twenty minutes or so, One began to think it was sweeping. That is never good. Second, the story narrates us everything we already know. This was pretty of a problem with Lifetime's first movie about Natalee Holloway, but at least the writer’s preferred to provide some alternative theories as to what could have went on. This time everything is on the nose as it played out in the media with little room for creative story lines and actually no justice at all for Natalee.
Justice for Natalee Holloway picks up four years after Natalee Holloway's disappearance and searches just how much this has affected and changed Beth Twitty, Natalee's mother. The movie brings back Tracy Pollan as Beth Twitty and Grant Show as George "Jug" Twitty, familiar faces that automatically bring the viewer right back into the story. Unfortunately, despite newer events, nothing much has changed. Despite the title, there is still no justice for Natalee and still no answers for Beth. Perhaps the movie felt like it was dragging so much because it was so painful to watch Beth continue to find some hope only to have it mashed in the next case. Then when she is at long last able to somewhat move on, the fifth anniversary happens and she again abandons herself to revert right back to the grieving, angry mother again. That is not to say she has no right or that her feelings are inappropriate. To the contrary, that is to be expected, however, it is still painful to watch.
The movie does a good job of showing contrasting views of one person living their life at the same time as another. For example, there will be dual shots of Joran getting off a plan at the same time Beth gets off a plane, each on completely different missions. I found that to be the most interesting part, to see how events co-occurred with each other. Also, although, I have followed this story all along, with each passing year, less is said about subsequent events. The movie, however, showed on the dot how everything happened including Joran Van der Sloot's multiple offers to uncover what happened to Natalee, but only for money, and never truthful. I was also unaware of what happened between Beth and Jug.
The movie is entirely too long. Although it clocks in at the usual two hours , after the first twenty minutes or so, One began to think it was sweeping. That is never good. Second, the story narrates us everything we already know. This was pretty of a problem with Lifetime's first movie about Natalee Holloway, but at least the writer’s preferred to provide some alternative theories as to what could have went on. This time everything is on the nose as it played out in the media with little room for creative story lines and actually no justice at all for Natalee.Justice for Natalee Holloway picks up four years after Natalee Holloway's disappearance and searches just how much this has affected and changed Beth Twitty, Natalee's mother. The movie brings back Tracy Pollan as Beth Twitty and Grant Show as George "Jug" Twitty, familiar faces that automatically bring the viewer right back into the story. Unfortunately, despite newer events, nothing much has changed. Despite the title, there is still no justice for Natalee and still no answers for Beth. Perhaps the movie felt like it was dragging so much because it was so painful to watch Beth continue to find some hope only to have it mashed in the next case. Then when she is at long last able to somewhat move on, the fifth anniversary happens and she again abandons herself to revert right back to the grieving, angry mother again. That is not to say she has no right or that her feelings are inappropriate. To the contrary, that is to be expected, however, it is still painful to watch.
The movie does a good job of showing contrasting views of one person living their life at the same time as another. For example, there will be dual shots of Joran getting off a plan at the same time Beth gets off a plane, each on completely different missions. I found that to be the most interesting part, to see how events co-occurred with each other. Also, although, I have followed this story all along, with each passing year, less is said about subsequent events. The movie, however, showed on the dot how everything happened including Joran Van der Sloot's multiple offers to uncover what happened to Natalee, but only for money, and never truthful. I was also unaware of what happened between Beth and Jug.
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