But none of Alyssa's harsh and accusatory actions go unaddressed. Seeing her snap at and break up with Grant over a non-existent mistake he made with Emma is pretty frustrating, as is Alyssa pushing Grant away again when he offers to help her after Emma goes missing. Because of residual childhood trauma, Alyssa is overly protective of Emma and apprehensive over the possibility of letting her relationship with her boyfriend Grant develop into something more serious. Alyssa Manning is a troubled but good-hearted person and Morris sells her character's flaws just as well as she sells Alyssa's sympathetic qualities. Much of that emotional weight is attributable to the cast, particularly Jessica Morris. While the climax may be lacking in thrills, the story leading up to it has a lot of emotional weight to it. That and the overall good cast of actors keeps Abduction Runs in the Family's average pace engaging and keeps the viewer watching as Alyssa grapples with her past while searching for her daughter in the present.
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While he's quick to proclaim his innocence and offer his help to Alyssa, you still might spend the whole movie wondering if he's actually reformed or simply hiding his true colors. The only element that throws things for a loop is Miles. The near-microscopic suspect pool makes it impossible not to figure out ahead of time who's responsible for Emma's kidnapping. If it tried to tag it as a mystery, that would've been false advertising.
It's a good thing IMDb only labeled Abduction Runs in the Family as a drama. But after finally meeting with her former kidnapper, Alyssa wonders if someone else might be the culprit-and if working with Miles might be her best chance of finding her daughter. Dismayed, Alyssa is initially convinced Miles had to have had something to do with it. Knowing she needs to let go of the past to move forward, Alyssa tries to put her mind at ease.īut her fears are confirmed when a trip to the park ends with Emma disappearing.
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Her kidnapper Miles Simon (James Hyde) is being released from prison, and the idea of the man who abducted her being a free man has Alyssa feeling paranoid and overprotective of her daughter Emma (Charlotte Hare). But just as her memoir about the experience is about to be published, Alyssa's past trauma comes back to haunt her. Abducted from her parents and "raised" by her kidnapper for seven years before she was rescued, Alyssa has since channeled her trauma into a successful career as a podcaster. Alyssa Manning (Jessica Morris) certainly didn't have an ordinary childhood.
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