Return to Sender (2004)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Bille August

Writers:

Neal Purvis (written by)
Robert Wade (written by)

Release Date:

28 April 2005 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

How can you save someone, who won't save herself?

Plot:

While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client.

Plot Keywords:

Death Row | Attorney | Capital Punishment | Free From Execution | Video Surveillance

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Connie Nielsen	...	Charlotte Cory
Aidan Quinn	...	Frank Nitzche
Kelly Preston	...	Susan Kennan
Tim Daly	...	Martin North
Mark Ryan	...	Mark Schlesser
Mark Holton	...	Joe Charbonic
Sara-Marie Maltha	...	Stella / Julie
Bill Thomas	...	Gubby
Randy Colton	...	Joe Hammond
Robin Brooks Sullivan	...	Mary Hammond (as Robin Brooks-Sullivan)
Madison Mueller	...	Kirstie
Eric Starkey	...	Hammond's Brother
Montana Sullivan	...	Hammond's Son
Brian Shoop	...	District Attorney
Michael Phillip Simpson	...	Johnny Decker (as Michael P. Simpson)

Also Known As:

Convicted (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and violent images.

Runtime:

109 min | Germany:100 min (TV version)

Country:

Denmark | USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/16 | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Company:

Audley Films LLP

Goofs:

Continuity: The right brake light in Frank's Mustang alternates between working and not working throughout the film.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in About 'Return to Sender' (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Guitar Rag

A Deep Sleeper

Listed on IMDb under the primary title of Return to Sender (2004) by pretty much unknown to me Danish director, Bille August (except for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones), is about a woman on death row who is going to let herself be executed in order to protect some one else. Excellent performances by Danish stunner, Connie Nielson (the reason I rented the movie) who never looked better than here in understated prison makeup, and Aidan Quinn (as a letters from death row inmates bounty hunter) in a tight script that starts off like it's going to be an evils of capital punishment vehicle, but turns into something else, which I can only call the value of truth without giving too much away.

It was only released in the US on DVD last November, but set here and filmed here and in Denmark. There aren't any external reviews in English, and only one review on IMDb that panned it. I'd have gone to see this in the theater. 7+/10.