There's an old saying about Hollywood movies and TV shows that if it's written on a piece of paper, it's got to be true. But there's a more accurate point of view by none other than PT Barnum who said, "There's a sucker born every minute." I doubt many people who watch this on TV when it first aired believed for a minute that Loni Anderson's character could get away with the way she changed her identity, dyed her hair, move to a new state and went out of her way to do everything she could to get her baby back after running away from her drug lord husband, James Naughton. The help of pilot instructor John Heard seems to set her on the right direction to succeed, and for some reason, everything seems to always go Anderson's way even if her estranged husband is extremely powerful and very dangerous.
That's the problem with this woman in peril style movie of the week is that the heroine is really never in peril and the audience knows from start to finish but somehow, she's going to make it through. Anderson looks rather odd as a brunette in the flashback scenes, and it's hard to believe that her character would be a top model as Anderson definitely did not look as attractive as she looks as a blonde. She tries to be sincere, but it's obvious that no way in any government agency could Anderson do the things that her character does to hide who she really is even if she is ethically in the right. Government red tape just never works that way. You have to really suspend belief quite a bit in this. With his booming voice (that made him a popular Broadway star in the 1990's), Naughton walks off with the film, and even if the audience is rooting for Anderson, they can't help but be impressed with him. At least he's not written to be one dimensional. It's too bad that's the film has few dimensions that are fully realistic.
That's the problem with this woman in peril style movie of the week is that the heroine is really never in peril and the audience knows from start to finish but somehow, she's going to make it through. Anderson looks rather odd as a brunette in the flashback scenes, and it's hard to believe that her character would be a top model as Anderson definitely did not look as attractive as she looks as a blonde. She tries to be sincere, but it's obvious that no way in any government agency could Anderson do the things that her character does to hide who she really is even if she is ethically in the right. Government red tape just never works that way. You have to really suspend belief quite a bit in this. With his booming voice (that made him a popular Broadway star in the 1990's), Naughton walks off with the film, and even if the audience is rooting for Anderson, they can't help but be impressed with him. At least he's not written to be one dimensional. It's too bad that's the film has few dimensions that are fully realistic.