Reviving Ophelia – Mary Pipher’s best selling novel Reviving Ophelia is now a Lifetime movie. It tells the story of two teenage girls, one of whom is physically abused by her boyfriend. The reactions of the two girls to this abuse make up the basic plot of the film.
Reviving Ophelia- Le Ann (Kim Dickens) and Marie (Jane Kaczmarek) are sisters. Le Ann is divorced while Marie is happily married. They both have adolescent daughters, Kelli (Carleigh Beverly) and Elizabeth (Rebecca Williams), who in the past have been best friends. Lately, however, Elizabeth’s boyfriend Mark (Nick Thurston) has come between them.
Reviving Ophelia – Kaczmarek and Dickens are good as the two sisters who give each other solid moral support. Beverly and Williams are impressive as the two teenagers. But it is Thurston who is the standout as Mark. He has his whininess and petulance down to a “t.”
Reviving Ophelia – Movies can sometimes hold up a mirror to our lives and make us aware that something that is occurring is not the norm. Physical abuse is never justified and this movie portrays a situation where a teenage boy tries to do just that. Perhaps seeing such a situation on TV will wake some teenager up to the reality of an abusive relationship.
Reviving Ophelia – Make plans to watch this movie together with your family when it premieres on Lifetime, Monday, October 11 at 9PM.
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