Colin Stokes Movies
- 2005
Cathy Moriarty guest stars as Denise Eldridge, who demands that the SVU file statutory rape charges against Justin Sharp (Jon Foster), the 21-year-old boyfriend of Denise's 15-year-old daughter Carrie (Danielle Pannabaker). It soon becomes obvious that Denise is a neurotic control freak who will do anything to keep her daughter under her thumb--even if it means falsifying evidence to frame Justin. At the precise moment when the both the SVU and the audience are sick and tired of Denise, the woman turns up murdered. Having sided with Carrie because of her miserable experiences with her own overbearing mother, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) must now face the probability that the girl (or her boyfriend) is a murderer. Glenne Headley appears in a pivotal role as a prominent children's-rights attorney. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 2002
A covetous young wife of a wealthy attorney is found murdered on an apartment terrace. The detectives interview the elderly husband, who seems to be too "dazzled" by his late wife to be of any help. After running through such suspects as a disgruntled former boyfriend and an alcoholic ex-wife, the police and the D.A.'s office finally zero in on a person whose motives, under any other circumstances, could be described as noble and selfless. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
