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starring: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal, Roshan Seth, Sarah Badeldirected by: Brian Gilbert
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302067057
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302067057
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: December 02, 1993
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 2544
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: January 11, 1991
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The Arab anti-defamation leagues understandably had a field day with this one. Sally Field plays Betty Mahmoody, an American who marries an Iranian (Alfred Molina) and has a child. They go back to Iran for a visit and, to her horror, he tells her he's decided to stay there. If she wants to leave, she must leave her daughter behind. If she stays, Betty must live in a culture vastly different and, she believes, very dangerous. Part thriller, part culture clash, the film certainly takes advantage of Americans' perceptions of Iran after the unrest of the '70s and early '80s. Molina is truly despicable as the husband, while Field projects a lot of overheated anguish as Betty tries to figure out a way to escape the country with her daughter. Overheated, in fact, is the word for the whole melodrama. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Culture clash, part misconception and part deception
The film's based on the real-life story of Betty Mahmoody, a woman who married an Iranian man and went home with her husband on what she believed was just a vacation only to find her husband has chosen for them to remain in Iran.
Sally Field does a very able job of playing the American wife who'd do anything for her husband but leave her own home and country for her husband's. Molina plays Moody, the husband who chose to keep his wife and child against her will. The story's part family ... Read More
Rating:  - "I want you to be a big girl"
Very brave, how a wife riske her life, to save her, and her daughter's Sally Field, once again plays a great part. I reccomend this movie to any Sally Field fan.
Rating: - Exellent Movie
I bought this movie because this was a movie from my child hood,
This is a must see movie, I also bought the book
Rating:  - Based on a real lie
A very boring story about a seemingly very vengeful woman. We all make mistakes in life, and try to learn from it. But Betty Mahmoody is making money out of it by making up a story in which she portrayes herself as the victim. I watched this woman complaining on the Dr. Phil show recently, still sobbing and feeling sorry for herself and at the same time promoting her book and trying to squeeze the last couple of bucks out of her story.
Thanks to the Finish documentary `Without my daughter' which ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Movie
This is a wonderful and truthful movie for all to see. Many Americans fall prey to these men from other countries and have children and they do the same exact thing. Lure you to their country and keep you captive there.
This is a real "eye opener" for all Americans!
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