"And Never Let Her Go" proves the point that as far as murder mysteries are concerned, single crimes often work more effectively than serial killer movies where the body count is in the double figures.
It allows for more depth to the characters and for more detail in the story. Serial killers get off on killing people and although there are slight variations, at the end of the day, their actions are fairly one-note. That's not the case with the one-off crime where there can be a myriad of reasons why it has occurred.
This film is based on a true story that was well known in America. However I hadn't heard of it until I saw this film so there were surprises as the plot unfolds.
Thomas Capano, played by the disarmingly smooth Mark Harmon, has a compulsive need to control the many women in his life. Studies claiming guys can only concentrate on one thing at a time fall flat here as Capano could hardly be accused of not being able to multitask.
Not only was he having an affair with Anne Marie Fahey (Kathryn Morris) and another long-standing one with Christine Sheve (Rachel Ward), but there were other women along the way. All this while still being married with four daughters and holding down top jobs in the legal profession.
When Anne Marie Fahey attempts to slip from his grasp, his need to control goes into overdrive while she doesn't realise how dangerous the situation has become. We don't see her murder, but view the events much as they are revealed to the investigators: homicide detective Frank Gugliatta (Paul Michael Glaser) and FBI agent Colm Connelly (Stephen Eckholt).
There is complexity to the characters: Harmon's mother driven Capano, Kathryn Morris' vulnerable Anne Marie Fahey and Rachel Ward's trusting Christine Sheve. Rachel Ward is the big surprise, her calm demeanour gives her character the sense of a woman who seems well-grounded on the surface, but who is in many ways the most needy.
The film was made before Thomas Capano's fate was decided, but that does not stop this being an intriguing drama with fascinating characters.
It allows for more depth to the characters and for more detail in the story. Serial killers get off on killing people and although there are slight variations, at the end of the day, their actions are fairly one-note. That's not the case with the one-off crime where there can be a myriad of reasons why it has occurred.
This film is based on a true story that was well known in America. However I hadn't heard of it until I saw this film so there were surprises as the plot unfolds.
Thomas Capano, played by the disarmingly smooth Mark Harmon, has a compulsive need to control the many women in his life. Studies claiming guys can only concentrate on one thing at a time fall flat here as Capano could hardly be accused of not being able to multitask.
Not only was he having an affair with Anne Marie Fahey (Kathryn Morris) and another long-standing one with Christine Sheve (Rachel Ward), but there were other women along the way. All this while still being married with four daughters and holding down top jobs in the legal profession.
When Anne Marie Fahey attempts to slip from his grasp, his need to control goes into overdrive while she doesn't realise how dangerous the situation has become. We don't see her murder, but view the events much as they are revealed to the investigators: homicide detective Frank Gugliatta (Paul Michael Glaser) and FBI agent Colm Connelly (Stephen Eckholt).
There is complexity to the characters: Harmon's mother driven Capano, Kathryn Morris' vulnerable Anne Marie Fahey and Rachel Ward's trusting Christine Sheve. Rachel Ward is the big surprise, her calm demeanour gives her character the sense of a woman who seems well-grounded on the surface, but who is in many ways the most needy.
The film was made before Thomas Capano's fate was decided, but that does not stop this being an intriguing drama with fascinating characters.