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Rearview Mirror (film)

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Rearview Mirror is a 1984 American TV movie directed by Lou Antonio. The script was by Lorenzo Semple Jr. based on a novel by Caroline B. Cooney which had been published in 1980.[1]

Based on
Rearview Mirror
by Caroline B. Cooney
Directed byLou Antonio
Starring
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Rearview Mirror
Based on
Rearview Mirror
by Caroline B. Cooney
Written byLorenzo Semple Jr.
Directed byLou Antonio
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Release1984 (1984)
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Premise

Jerry Sam Hopps, an escaped convict and psychopathic murderer and his cousin terrorize a woman, Terry Seton, and force her to drive them through North Carolina, with a separately kidnapped baby. A visiting police detective pursues.

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Production

The film was made in October 1984.[2]

Reception

The New York Times said "one begins to wonder early on, did a bunch of nice actors get caught in a kinky and pointless exercise like this?"[3]

The Chicago Tribune called it "scary but goofy."[4]

The Washington Post called it "a strikingly well-done nail biter."[5]

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