A Map of the World (2000)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Jan 21, 2000
Running Time: 127 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Alice and Howard Goodwin have recently moved to rural Wisconsin and are regarded with suspicion by most of their neighbors. The couple does form a friendship, however, with Theresa and Dan Collins. Both couples often take turns babysitting for one another. Tragedy occurs one day when Alice, momentarily distracted, discovers that Theresa's daughter has drowned in a pond near her house. Alice is grief stricken and then further horrified when a neighborhood boy accuses her of sexual abuse. Imprisoned, her husband unable to make bail, Alice is left to face up to all of her grief and a court trial, while her husband and Theresa must find their own peace.
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Theresa Collins
Alice Goodwin
Paul Reverdy
Howard Goodwin
Carole Mackessy
Debbie
Dyshett
Lynelle
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When one thinks of Sigourney Weaver, images of the strong women she has portrayed on screen flutter by quickly: Ripley in the "Alien" franchise, Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist," Paulina Escobar in "Death and the Maiden," even her brilliantly comic turns in "Ghostbusters" and as the boss from hell in "Working Girl."

This gifted actress is no shrinking violet. Weaver's height and her beauty may partly be factors, and "vulnerable" isn't an adjective that springs to mind. Yet, she has… Continued