1/11/2024 0 Comments Fred savage and candace cameron![]() ![]() TV movie-of-the-week based on the real-life 1991 murder of cheerleader Amy Carnevale in Beverly, Massachusetts. She tries to break it off, but it ends badly. And, unfortunately, it doesn’t feel even slightly dated even though there’s nary a smartphone in sight.Producers: Artie Mandelberg Randy SutterĪ high school relationship between a popular boy and outsider girl starts off sweet enough, but devolves quickly into an abusive relationship. In its writing, direction and acting, it’s better than many telefilms with more sophisticated pedigrees. No One Would Tell doesn’t play like a teen movie, even though it’s set in a high school. Savage, whose earnestness on The Wonder Years annoyed me at times as a kid (yes, I was cranky even then), portrays a genuinely convincing monster, and he and Cameron work quite well together. Phillips, too, is good as a parent who learns too late the perils of behaving more like your child’s friend than her mother.Ĭameron eventually found a niche in less dramatically challenging work (see: A Shoe Addict’s Christmas), but she’s affecting here as a teen who, by her own admission, never felt special until she became “the most important thing in the world” to Bobby. McComb nearly walks off with the movie as its moral conscience, acting circles around Justina Machado ( One Day at a Time) and the over-the-hill collection of actors playing Bobby’s friends (minus Eric Balfour, who is fine in a thankless role). “You call that love? I don’t even think he likes you,” Nicki tells Stacy after an altercation at a school dance, and what a relief it was for someone to finally say it. ![]() Michelle Phillips with Cameron, Savage and Heather McComb. What sets No One Would Tell apart from those titles is its realism - the violence isn’t suspenseful or titillating, it’s sudden and stomach-churning - and how seriously it takes Bobby’s crimes. No One Would Tell, written by Steven Loring and directed by Noel Nosseck, wasn’t the only made-for-TV movie to spotlight abusive relationships between young adults in 1996 so did Tori Spelling’s campy Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? Nor was it the only ’90s telefilm to tackle teens who kill: Kellie Martin’s Death of a Cheerleader (1994) was also based on actual events. “From now on, you save that spirit for the team.” “OK,” his coach sighs uncomfortably following a scuffle in the gymnasium, when a teary Stacy is quick to defend him. ![]() They make up as frequently as they break up, and most of his abuse occurs in public, before witnesses who rarely intervene. But none of it deters Stacy from wearing his letterman’s jacket. You remember those old toys, where you pulled a lever to spin a wheel that landed on a farm animal, and out came a “Moo” or “Baa” noise? That’s Bobby asking “Why’d you have to get me so mad?” or “Great, you happy now?” following each new outburst. After lashing out physically, Bobby turns into the domestic violence version of a Fisher-Price See ‘n Say. It’s a lesson she picked up at home, where mother Laura (Michelle Phillips) excuses the controlling behavior of boyfriend Rod (Paul Linke) despite Stacy’s concerns. “Yeah, so he gets a little jealous, OK? Guys are like that,” she tells worried friend Nicki (Heather McComb). His rages - and her hidden bruises - multiply each time she laughs with pals, wears a miniskirt in public or exchanges pleasantries with male classmates. Based on the chilling true story of 14-year-old Amy Carnevale’s murder at the hands of her high school boyfriend, it stars Fred Savage as senior Bobby Tennison, a standout wrestler who can’t control his anger when girlfriend Stacy Collins (Candace Cameron) acknowledges the existence of anyone who isn’t him. Tanner was about as shocking as “Beaver” Cleaver giving Gidget a black eye. There’s a power in the casting of No One Would Tell (1996) that might be lost on younger viewers, but for children of the ’80s and ’90s, Kevin Arnold abusing D.J. Candace Cameron and Fred Savage in No One Would Tell. ![]()
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