Set in 1930’s Prague, the story follows a talented art student named Lenka (Ridley) as she falls in love with her best friend’s older brother Josef. This one is not. TVLifetime's The Lost Wife of Robert Durst Makes a Sensational Story a Total SnoozeBy Amy GlynnNovember 3, 2017Rating5.0 NETFLIX MOVIES Paste's guide to the best movies, TV and comedy on Netflix

Their life together is torn apart by the imminent Nazi invasion. Truly. It’s not the performers’ fault, by the way. Plot Summary: Daisy Ridley will star in the pre-World War II romantic drama "The Lost Wife," based on the novel by Alyson Richman. While it purports to “shed light” on Kathie’s story, and to reveal the dark and twisted inner workings of a powerful family and a possibly dangerous mentally ill man, it actually specializes in glossing over… like, everything. It takes a sensational story: New York millionaire real estate scion Bobby Durst is something of a family embarrassment, because he doesn’t cut his hair short (yo, it might be the 1970s, but millionaire assholes keep their hairlines above their shirt collars, OK, Bobby?) There’s a moment, and forgive me for not remembering when because the film cuts between the 1970s and 1980s relentlessly, but I believe it is meaningfully placed at the end, where Kathie comes home and I think it’s That Fateful Night? ©2020 All Rights Reserved Copyright. Kathie, the wholesome girl who becomes his wife.

But honestly, if you’re looking for drama, keep looking. It’s not that. Gillies previous work includes Spider-Man 2, Bride & Prejudice, Captivity and Broken Kingdom. So there’s that. However you mince it, you have constraints when you take on non-fictional subjects, but if you’re going to do it, find an angle that works. All Rights Reserved. Now, these were real people (are: Durst is still alive and awaiting trial for another murder, that of his friend Susan Berman) and TV and film have certain obligations in how they treat real people. (Gail, point taken, lady!) Amy Glynn is a poet, essayist and fiction writer who really likes that you can multi-task by reviewing television and glasses of Cabernet simultaneously. Robert Durst opens up about the marital travails that preceded his wife Kathie's disappearance in 1982. Robert Durst makes headlines again when his longtime confidante Susan Berman is murdered in LA. and perhaps you’re courting not only invasion of privacy but libel or slander. That would have been interesting.). monitoring_string = "df292225381015080a5c6c04a6e2c2dc".

Oh, and because he might be a violent schizophrenic. Gillies can currently be seen in the Netflix series Virgin River, which has been renewed for a second season. That’s a well-composed shot. ComingSoon.net is a property of Mandatory, an Evolve Media, LLC company. Katharine McPhee and Daniel Gillies are very well cast as the doomed couple and turn in totally, 100% respectable performances. Imagine a Law & Order episode involving a cold case in which everyone knows the husband did it but no one can prove it. You have to be very careful about making shit up to make it good TV if your subject is a real, living person, and in reality, this was a case that was not solved, so that’s what we’re working with.

As my ex-agent patiently explained to me about my first novel, just because something dramatic happened in real life does not mean it will make satisfying dramatic material in fiction. Daisy Ridley will star in the pre-World War II romantic drama "The Lost Wife," based on the novel by Alyson Richman. The Gangster's Daughter 'Chapter 3: The Gangster's Daughter.' Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's only great-granddaughter, 31, dies of breast cancer, North Bergen: Air Conditioning Rates May Be Surprising, Heidi Klum's 2020 Halloween party is canceled due to the pandemic, so ignore sites selling fake tickets, 'Supergirl' Melissa Benoist receives fan support after ex-husband Blake Jenner breaks silence about abuse claims, How Cheryl Ladd protested the bikini excess of 'Charlie's Angels': 'I got the tiniest one I could find', Richard Gere Asks This Same Question Every Morning, Family, Neighbors of Man Accused of Not Letting Cops Break Window to Free Daughter from Hot Car Speak Out, Memorials grow in Eddie Van Halen's adopted hometown, Amy Carlson Set for CBS Return, Three Years After Blue Bloods Shocker, Andy Griffith Ruined The Most Careers In Hollywood, Snoop Dogg and More Lakers Fans Are Baffled By Danny Green's Missed Shot That Cost Game 5 Victory, Tarek El Moussa Says Christina Anstead Divorce 'Almost Killed' Him While Addressing Her Recent Split, Kylie Jenner Wows in Plunging Thong Bodysuit and Blonde Knee-Length Extensions for Photoshoot, Your Eyeballs Need To See These NFL Wives, Jay Cutler praises ex Kristin Cavallari on new cookbook, brags that he got his copy ‘for free’, Tamera Mowry-Housley and Twin Sister Tia Haven't Seen Each Other in 6 Months, '10 Things I Hate About You' Filmmaker Gil Junger Signs With Buchwald, Former IFC Executive Christine Lubrano Inks With Buchwald, 'Skyfall' Actress Bérénice Marlohe Signs With Buchwald, U.S. Coronavirus Update: Total Cases Hit 6 Million Milestone, Coronavirus: Movies That Have Halted Or Delayed Production Amid Outbreak, Hong Kong Filmart Postponed Due To Coronavirus Fears; Event Moves Two Weeks Before Toronto. (Perhaps they feared shadowy knee-cappers from the NYC real estate underworld? Young and wide-eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes. The Lost Wife of Robert Durst premieres Saturday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. on Lifetime.

Whatever really happened to Kathie Durst was a tragedy and in overwhelming likelihood a crime. There are both legal and ethical questions around the airing of dirty laundry, but also, a murder investigation is a murder investigation. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I don’t know. I’m trying to be precise here and I might fail, but I think we’re in a veracity trap. and because he has a strange obsession with Prudence Farrow and because he has a weird habit of disappearing his pet German shepherds and replacing them with new ones, all of whom are named Igor. He also starred with Katharine McPhee in Lifetime’s original movie The Lost Wife of Robert Durst and in Canadian supernatural medical drama series Saving Hope. Affiliate Disclosure: Evolve Media LLC, and its owned and operated websites may receive a small commission from the proceeds of any product(s) sold through affiliate and direct partner links. Directed by Yves Simoneau. Lest it seem like I’m panning this thing, I want to make sure I’m clear. He also starred with Katharine McPhee in Lifetime’s original movie The Lost Wife of Robert Durst and in Canadian supernatural medical drama series Saving Hope. All this movie needed was a voiceover track (Peter Thomas, say, or perhaps someone eclectic, like Candice Bergen?) With Katharine McPhee, Daniel Gillies, John Glover, Martin Donovan. Focus too much on the weirder elements (did Kathie try to mail documents about her husband’s mental health status to someone and did people in high places intercept them because his powerful father didn’t want it known his son was schizophrenic?) Sign up for Deadline's Newsletter. Then, say, Jerry Orbach, or Benjamin Bratt, gets an unexpected break, there’s a crazy trial, a bizarre follow-the-money sequence, and a Poe-worthy twist where it turns out the husband didn’t do it at all and everything unravels and the leftover string ties up in a neat and unexpected bow around some other conclusion, possibly the real estate mogul father or a jealous lover at the medical school or even the victim herself, committing suicide in a desperate attempt to flee the confines of an abusive marriage; maybe even setting her death up to look like a murder for which her abusive shit of a husband would look like Mister Prime Suspect. It’s a well-composed shot.

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