This film definitely borders on the macabre.
Two little brats, equally disturbed, kidnap a baby and literally let it die and are sent to a reformatory for what they have done.
Fast forward seven years later: The girls are released and begin telling varied tales which of course leads to one blaming the death of the child on the other.
When a second inter-racial child is snatched, naturally suspicion arises regarding our two females.
Diane Lane is in a most perplexing character. She is an elementary school teacher and mother of Alice, a very heavy set girl, who walks around. Where is the shame that the Lane character should have for a daughter doing such a thing? Amazing with her own irrational behavior that she was able to continue in the teaching profession.
The film takes an odd twist when it is learned that Alice was impregnated during her stay and gave birth to a child. She is desperately looking for that child and participated solely in the second kidnapping. She states that with a life gone, she can now bring life to her child.
On top of all this, the other girl is eventually shown to be the real culprit and Alice is totally exonerated. Exonerated? After all, she did snatch the second child.
The film is definitely quite eerie in nature.
Two little brats, equally disturbed, kidnap a baby and literally let it die and are sent to a reformatory for what they have done.
Fast forward seven years later: The girls are released and begin telling varied tales which of course leads to one blaming the death of the child on the other.
When a second inter-racial child is snatched, naturally suspicion arises regarding our two females.
Diane Lane is in a most perplexing character. She is an elementary school teacher and mother of Alice, a very heavy set girl, who walks around. Where is the shame that the Lane character should have for a daughter doing such a thing? Amazing with her own irrational behavior that she was able to continue in the teaching profession.
The film takes an odd twist when it is learned that Alice was impregnated during her stay and gave birth to a child. She is desperately looking for that child and participated solely in the second kidnapping. She states that with a life gone, she can now bring life to her child.
On top of all this, the other girl is eventually shown to be the real culprit and Alice is totally exonerated. Exonerated? After all, she did snatch the second child.
The film is definitely quite eerie in nature.