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Case 39 (2009) -- A social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.
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Release Date:
13 August 2009 (New Zealand) more
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A social worker (Zellweger) fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Renée Zellweger ... Emily Jenkins

Jodelle Ferland ... Lillith Sullivan

Ian McShane ... Detective Mike Barron

Kerry O'Malley ... Margaret Sullivan

Callum Keith Rennie ... Edward Sullivan

Bradley Cooper ... Douglas J. Ames

Adrian Lester ... Wayne

Georgia Craig ... Denise

Cynthia Stevenson ... Nancy
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight ... Darla - Teacher (as Tiffany Knight)
Cindy Sungu ... Mia - Girl in classroom

Philip Cabrita ... Javier Ramirez
J. Winston Carroll ... Judge

Mary Black ... Custody Judge
Domenico D'Ambrosio ... Plainclothes Cop
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Rated R for violence and terror including disturbing images.
Runtime:
109 min
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With one exception, all the shots with Renée Zellweger being close to and around fire are real (practical effects). The one CG-enhanced shot is the wide angle of her sitting passively on the couch while the room was burning around her. This was shot twice: Once with her and no fire and once with fire and no Renée. more
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10 out of 30 people found the following review useful.
Utter waste of time. Watch 'Orphan' instead, 3 January 2010
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Author: parkers_poison from Canada

I wish I could give this stinker even less than one as a review. Absolutely godawful dreck. Rene Zellwinger pouts her way through a tired plot, the mystery is solved within the first five minutes, and the only thing that ever remains creepy is the fantastic performance of the little girl's mother.

There's nothing worse than watching a movie and knowing exactly where it's going wrong. The idea wasn't bad, and there was so much more that could have done with it had the writers and director had more courage. As it was, it limps along like a barely B grade horror flick that is well past its expiry date. Don't bother with this one.

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