Movie #729 ........................."Prosecuting Casey Anthony"

Movie #729 "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" I watched this in about 3 different times because they had it on all week, and on the third try to watch it all the way through, I just taped it so I could watch the parts I hadn't seen. Watching this movie was liking watching a fire burn a house, or watching a traffic accident: you don't want to watch, you know you shouldn't, but you still do. I have been interested in this case, and this made it even more interesting to me. The film doesn't answer any questions, really --- we heard it all pretty much in the news on a nightly basis, and it doesn't divulge any dark secrets --- why would it? But it sure makes Casey Anthony look even more guilty, to me. Her parents came across as very unsound, too, sometimes defending her, sometimes being horrified by her behavior --- and you have to ask yourself, where did she get the psychopathic lying instincts from? one of them, you are thinking...........Rob lowe was very competent and he showed a flawed man who was very earnest to get the job done, but making some wrong moves along the way. It was a step above the usual made-for-t.v. movie, but if you aren't interested in the trial or the Anthonys, don't tune in to this at all! You'll find it lame, I think. I'd give it 3 stars out of 5 (below is a user's review) State lawyer Jeff Ashton (Rob Lowe) gets himself the Casey Anthony case just as he wanted so that he can turn her into the most hated woman in America but it ends up with her walking free. PROSECUTING CASEY ANTHONY is based on Ashton's book so it's to be expected that the film would show him in a positive light and Anthony in a negative one. For a Lifetime movie this here is certainly above average thanks in large part to Lowe's performance but there's still no question that there are many flaws. As someone who really followed this case, one of the first questions asked in the film is how Anthony walked away being found not guilty. In the film Ashton says he doesn't know and this is a problem with the film because the truth of the matter is that he never proved the case. For the most part the film spends way too much time going over the court case and all the big evidence or lack of evidence if you will. If someone has followed the case then none of this stuff is going to be of much interest because we know the evidence and have probably heard countless talking heads discuss it to death. The film would have been much better had it tried to give us something new including Ashton's state as these events started to unfold. The majority of the film just has him insulting the defense lawyer and this here really goes nowhere. However, as I said, the film remains watchable as a trashy made-for-TV flick but we've also got a very good performance by Lowe. I really thought he was believable as the lawyer and I liked the way the actor managed to perform with his eyes, meaning, we're able to see how he thinks and feels simply by looking into his eyes. The supporting performances are decent at best but the actors had a pretty hard job since most people are so used to their real counterparts. PROSECUTING CASEY ANTHONY certainly isn't a great movie by any stretch of the imagination but it's at least mildly entertaining