Enough (2002)

I have heard so much of how trashy this film is. The reason why I watched it was because I was told of the unintentional laughter that it would provide...and it does. I'm not laughing at the theme it pretends to deal with (marital abuse) but rather at the way it was made, that includes the horrendous acting, the insipid writing and the 'amateurness' of it. Even TV movies have better portrayed the theme of marital abuse. 'Enough' is as clichéd as they get. The writing is just so bad and predictable and the whole theme is dealt with in such a filmy and pretentious way that 'Enough' qualifies as a B-grade film. There is no character development. Jennifer Lopez seems to have been losing the little acting talent (that was apparent in films like 'Selena' and 'Out of Sight'). Thankfully, she's back in form in the later released 'An Unfinished Life'. To be a little fair to Lopez, the camera seems more concerned about her hot physique. Billy Campbell plays the clichéd abusive dad. Juliette Lewis does well in an insignificant role. Her choice of films reflects why her career is fading. Noah Wyle does well as a scumbag cop. Then there's that child actress who's one of the many annoying young actors. A fellow user rightfully labelled her 'potatoface'. Her overdone cuteness is cringeworthy e.g. the 'taint' is 'paint' reference (some obvious weak symbolism thrown into it). It is after all director Apted's fault to not be able to make a worthy film that deals with marital abuse in a mature way rather than insult the viewer's intelligence.

Fmovies: Made in the same vein as 'Sleeping with the Enemy' Enough actually manages to entertain and be its own film quite easily. Slim (Jennifer Lopez) thought she was entering domestic bliss when she married Mitch (Billy Campbell), but after the birth of their first child; Mitch reveals his darker side and Slim goes on the run with their daughter.

Now hunted by her spouse, she finally has enough, and engages Mitch in a battle of wits and physical ability.

'Enough' is good entertainment and despite some minor flaws it has plenty of action, thrills and tension.

OK it's nowhere near the best thriller around, but its worth a look 6/10

Putting my opinion on Jennifer Lopez's acting aside, my intelligence and tolerance for the Hollywood film industry has been brutally offended.

This film trivialized the trouble faced by abused women. The characters are stereotyped and dull, the plot predictable and possibly worst of all, TITLE CARDS. Because the audience is stupid enough to have no idea that he's the ideal husband until he slaps her and sleeps around, they have to tell us in tall white text on a black background. The movie was beneath the talent of Juliette Lewis, and most of the rest of the cast.

In conclusion, watching this made me feel physically ill. Don't waste the minutes you could spend doing something more valuable, like changing the cat litter.

Enough fmovies. I appreciate a good "bad movie". If a movie is bad enough, it can be fun to watch. This movie, however, is SO bad that you can't even enjoy it's awfulness. I mean seriously. I'm *very* patient for bad movies, in many cases i love them, but this may very well be the absolute worst movie I've ever seen, and not just because of the terrible supporting actors.

In all sincerity, pornography typically has better writing and directing than this, and the plot makes more sense. The real paradox about this film; despite being disorganized and random, it somehow manages to be totally predictable.

For those who haven't seen it, the basic plot is that a WONDERFUL guy marries j-lo and gives her everything she wants. 5 years into the marriage, his pager goes off, and she looks at the number instantly comes to the conclusion that he's cheating on her. She decides to leave in the middle of the night while he's asleep in the room, rather than during the hours and hours he's away during the daytime. So he decides to kick j-lo in the face a bunch of times, which doesn't leave a scratch on her. The rest of the movie is basically him pursuing her.

So she runs away, and he chases after her, trying VERY visibly and publicly to kill her. By "publicly" i mean doing things like... knocking down total strangers to run up to a bus she's on, then pounding on the side of the bus while screaming something to the effect of "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU AS SOON AS I CATCH YOU BITCH"... or kicking in hotel room doors... or sending goons to vandalize the place she's living at, who delight us by delivering gripping and thrilling lines like "Hey Bitch, do you know what it feels like to die because you are so stupid?". In fact, i think the word "bitch" occurs once for every 3 spoken lines.

The characters fail to achieve even a meager 2 dimensions; even cartoon villains are more conflicted than these characters. The "bad guys" (i.e. men) are 100% evil and unremorseful, and the "good guys" (i.e. girls) are perfect and pure in their motivations.

If you enjoyed this movie, be sure to also catch Troll 2 and Panic Room and Road Rage. I enjoy terrible movies, but this was just above and beyond terrible.

...who have had ENOUGH of turning the other cheek! I'm sure there are many abuse survivors out there who could identify with what she went through and wished they'd had the strength to follow in her footsteps. Kudos to someone's imagination of "what if I could fight back?"!

I liked the movie, found it right for when it was made and the acting and directing good.