Enough (film)
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Directed by | Michael Apted |
Written by | Nicholas Kazan |
Produced by | Rob Cowan Irwin Winkler |
Starring | Jennifer Lopez Billy Campbell Juliette Lewis Dan Futterman Fred Ward Tessa Allen Noah Wyle |
Cinematography | Rogier Stoffers |
Edited by | Rick Shaine |
Music by | David Arnold |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $38 million[1] |
Box office | $51,801,187 |
Enough is a 2002 American drama-thriller film starring Jennifer Lopez as Slim, an abused wife who learns to fight back.
Plot
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The film begins in a Los Angeles restaurant, where the main character, a waitress named Slim, works with her best friend, Ginny. Slim receives unwelcome romantic advances from a customer who complimented her on her slim figure, but makes fun of her name. She reveals that "Slim" is not her real name, and she refuses to reveal what her real name is. She is then rescued by a guy named Mitch Hiller. They later go on to marry and have a daughter named Gracie together.
A few years later, Slim finds out that Mitch has been unfaithful and is cheating on her with another woman named Darcelle (who is slimmer than Slim). When she confronts him, he insists to her that the other women meant nothing to him. But Slim's sadness turns into anger and when she threatens to leave, Mitch becomes violent, slapping and punching her in the face. He tells her that since he makes the money, he gets to do what he wants. He says he will not break the affair off and she has to deal with it, unless she wants to fight. When he leaves, she picks up the phone to call his mother. He soon catches her, tapping on the window, asking her who she's calling, and why. She says she's calling his mother, but lies when she gives her reasons. He believes her, and leaves. When Slim approaches her mother-in-law about the incident, she asks Slim what she had done to make Mitch angry, indicating that Mitch's behavior isn't a surprise to her. Slim then goes and talks to Ginny who tells her that she should leave, but Slim isn't sure. When she goes to pick Gracie up from school, her teacher says that Gracie was already picked up by her father. She panics and goes home to find the house empty. She calls Mitch, who tells her that Gracie is with him at the zoo. He hints to her that he can get to Gracie as easy as she can. At dinner that night, he tells her he knew she told his mother, but he stays civil on the count of Gracie being present. Slim decides that enough is enough, and plans to escape.
A few days later Slim, having carefully planned her escape, leaves and takes Gracie with her. With the help of her friends, who wait outside in a van, she makes it to the door. But Mitch stops her while she's about to leave. He then attacks and kicks her, which leaves a bruise. He threatens Slim's friends with a gun, who run into the house after hearing Slim scream. Mitch says he will plant drugs in her car, making her look like an addict - that way he'll have sole custody of Gracie by the end of the week. But with her friend's help, she and Gracie escape. But Mitch relentlessly hunts her down, freezing her credit cards, forcing her friends to help her out financially. Mrs. Hiller, Mitch's mother, calls them to check on them but they have to keep their calls short. Slim takes Gracie to Seattle, to meet her ex-boyfriend Joe, but they are visited by a couple of Mitch's friends, disguised as FBI agents investigating a kidnapping, and then to San Francisco to see her grandfather, (Slim's estranged father), since she knows they both are in perilous danger. The man, named Jupiter, claims that Slim is not his daughter and gives them only $12, thinking they are homeless and want money. Slim leaves, hardhearted at Jupiter, and moves with Gracie to Michigan. However, after Jupiter is threatened by Mitch's men, he decides to help. He sends them enough money for a house.
While at their new home in Michigan, Slim changes her name to Erin Shleeter, and the future looks clear and bright. Slim tells Gracie not to call her Slim. Gracie responds that she won't because she doesn't think Slim is that slim. But Mitch tracks her down from traced calls from payphone at gas stations around the area. As he attacks Slim, saying he wants her back, Gracie witnesses the attack and tries to stop her father. But Mitch pushes her out of the way. A car chase ensues, but Slim has made preparations for an escape and they are able to do so again. Gracie seems scared and has become quite silent, but doesn't want her mother to tell her what happened.
Eventually, Slim goes into hiding in San Francisco, hires a woman who looks like her to keep her cover, and sends Gracie on vacation to Hawaii with her best friend to get her out of harm's way. She prepares herself with self-defense trainer (Bruce A. Young) who teaches her Krav Maga, since self defense is not murder. He tells her the hardest lesson - if he hits her, hold on to his voice and awaken when he is about to attack or kick her. She returns to Los Angeles, breaks into Mitch's new home and traps him there, hiding his guns and blocking the phone connections, so he cannot call the police. As he says he can not hit her, she asks him why he could do it before when she was defenseless. In the ensuing fight Slim uses her new skills. She calls Ginny saying she can not kill him, and while she is distracted Mitch hits her from behind with a lamp. Slim repeats what she learned in her lessons and trips, beats and kicks him in the chest to send him off a balcony to his death. With Mitch no longer a threat, Slim and Gracie go on to live a happy life in Seattle with Joe.
Cast
- Jennifer Lopez as Slim Hiller
- Billy Campbell as Mitch Hiller
- Tessa Allen as Gracie Hiller
- Juliette Lewis as Ginny
- Dan Futterman as Joe
- Noah Wyle as Robbie
- Fred Ward as Jupiter
- James Noah as Mr. Hiller
- Janet Carroll as Mrs. Hiller
- Bill Cobbs as Jim Toller
- Christopher Maher as Phil
- Bruce A. Young as Instructor
- Bruce French as Homeowner
- Ruben Madera as Teddy
- Dan Martin as FBI Agent #1
- Jeff Kober as FBI Agent #2
- Brent Sexton as FBI Agent #3
- Michael P. Byrne as Desk Sergeant
- Nikki Bokal as Mitch's Young Blonde
- Tanya Fishburn as Mitch's Assistant
Critical reception
While most did praise the performance of Lopez, the film itself received mostly negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Metacritic, the film had an average score of 25 out of 100, based on 32 reviews.[2] On Rotten Tomatoes, 21% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 121 reviews.[3]
Box office performance
The film ranked #5 at the U.S box office its opening weekend, grossing $14 million in 2,623 theaters.[4] The film had a budget of $38 million and grossed $40 million domestically. Worldwide, the film grossed a total of $51.8 million.[1]
Home media
The DVD release of Enough came out on October 8, 2002 and the special edition was released on September 16, 2003. A VHS edition was released on March 4, 2003.
Soundtrack
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The score for Enough, composed by David Arnold, was released on June 4, 2002.[5]
- "Give Me a Sign"
- "F.B.I.?"
- "New Leaf"
- "Slim and Joe"
- "Get Out of the House"
- "Goodbye Gracie"
- "Training Day"
- "Breaking In"
- "Setting the Trap"
- "Fight Club"
- "One of the Lucky Ones"
Songs appearing in the film not included with the release of the soundtrack:[6]
- "All I Wanna Do"
- Written by Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper and Kevin Gilbert
- Performed by Sheryl Crow
- Courtesy of A&M Records
- Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
- "This Guy's in Love with You"
- Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- Performed by Jon Joyce
- "I Only Have Eyes for You"
- Written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren
- Performed by Jon Joyce
- "This Way"
- Written by Jewel Kilcher and Rick Nowels
- Performed by Jewel
- Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
- By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
- "Home Sweet Home"
- Written by Sir Henry Bishop
- Arranged by Gef Lucena
- Courtesy of Saydisc Records, England
- "Today's the Day"
- Written and Performed by Aimee Mann
- Produced by Michael Lockwood
- "Keep It Together"
- Written by Kyf Brewer and Cliff Hillis
- Performed by Kyf Brewer
- Courtesy of Kid Gloves Music
- "Bad Girl"
- Written by Dom Thrupp, Aidan Love, Julie Tulley and Charissa Saverio
- Performed by DJ Rap
- Courtesy of Columbia Records
- By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
- "Alive"
- Written by Jennifer Lopez, Cris Judd and Cory Rooney
- Produced by Cory Rooney and Dan Shea
- Performed by Jennifer Lopez
- Courtesy of Epic Records
References
- ^ a b "Enough (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Enough (2002): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Enough". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Enough (2002) - Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Enough (Score): David Arnold: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ^ Enough (2002/I) - Soundtracks