Rating: PG13
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 05/24/2002(USA)
Release Date: 10/08/2002
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DS
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
A Cinderella story turns into a nightmare when a former waitress' perfect marriage gives way to adultery and physical abuse in this combination of domestic
drama and revenge
thriller. Motherless young woman
Slim (
Jennifer Lopez) works in a San Francisco diner with her best friend,
Ginny (
Juliette Lewis). After almost succumbing to the slick flirtation of an insincere customer (
Noah Wyle), she is rescued by another dashing diner named
Mitch (
Bill Campbell). A few years later, the now happily married couple seem to have it all -- a perfect house, a precocious daughter (
Tessa Allen), and a comfortable life. Then,
Slim discovers that
Mitch is actually a lothario who has been sleeping with other women behind her back. When she protests, he slaps her around and uses daughter
Gracie as leverage to keep her in line.
Slim enlists the help of her friends to escape with her child, though
Mitch attacks and very nearly kills her in the process. Going on the lam,
Slim adopts a series of new identities, wigs, and residences to avoid the goons
Mitch has sent to retrieve her. Along the way, she receives help from
Joe (
Dan Futterman), a friend and old flame from college. Ultimately,
Mitch and his unexpected allies so terrify
Slim that she must turn the tables and transform herself from hunted to hunter. In doing so, she receives some surprise assistance of her own -- from
Jupiter (
Fred Ward), the rich father who abandoned her mother years ago. Although the soundtrack to
Enough features the music of star
J. Lo, the title song was written especially for the film by
Magnolia tunesmith
Aimee Mann.
~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
