Compelling and powerful sequel. Betty Broderick(Meredith Baxter)is behind bars waiting for her second trial; the first ended in a hung jury. Killing her ex-husband, a powerful San Diego lawyer, and his pretty new wife just doesn't satisfy the proud, spoiled and narcissistic woman trying to avoid embarrassment. This is like looking at a horrific accident...you can't help but watch this woman unravel in her own confusion. This story focuses on the court battle between the assistant D.A. Kerry Wells(Judith Ivey)and Broderick's next attorney in line Jack Earley(Ray Baker); one of many she hasn't fired yet. Betty still believing the world revolves around her and her wishes. Her children and friends appear in court only to show how erratic and confused she is in striving for freedom and the justice she feels is owed to her. The original director Dick Lowry returns as well as most of the cast of A WOMAN SCORNED. Ivey is outstanding; but Baxter is just exceptional and memorable. Other players include: Kelli Williams, Ralph Bruneau, Christine Jansen, Joan McMurtrey, Stephen Root, Clayton Landey and Aaron Freeman.
7 Reviews
A Great Sequel to a Horrifying Story!
Sylviastel28 October 2006
Meredith Baxter miraculously makes us feel some sympathy for the spoiled former wife of attorney Daniel Broderick even in this sequel to the original television film. Betty is now in prison for murdering her husband and his new wife in their bedroom. It's hard to feel sympathy for a woman who was getting $16,000 a month in alimony and living in a million-dollar home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Regardless, Betty was determined to win the divorce even if it meant killing Dan and his wife and going to prison for the crimes. She wasn't going to be embarrassed but she did the same to her husband and her own family. Judith Ivey plays the prosecutor in the case. Kelli Williams returns as does Stephen Collins. I get the feeling that they had so much fun making the original that they returned to the sequel. Most of the original cast is back in the sequel.
Was murder necessary?
glennice20035 February 2006
I think this was a very interesting and well written movie. The substance of the movie was explosive. So very often one spouse works very hard to make a success out of the other mate. In the end they are tossed aside. Once success comes, the spouse who took second place is discarded because the feeling is they are a flaw in the society of the elite and successful. She had good reason to be angry, but there are better and more effective ways of getting even. Murder should never be a consideration. Betty went too far! The actress who played the sister of Linda, The new wife, showed a very uncanny resemblance to the actress who played Linda. I wonder if there is some relationship there.
MEREDITH BAXTER IS FANTASTIC!
skarylarry-9340028 February 2022
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Very good movie. Betty Broderick has to be the worst human being in history! Meredith Baxter was so good I wanted to punch her. I am so glad she is rotting in Prison! A waste of Tax payer's money with the lengthy trial! No way could this nut get off! She was a cold blooded, no remorseful killer! She could have just let things be! She threatened to divorce Dan almost daily! She got her wish and killed Dan and his wife, this ugly muffin! Not one shred of evidence that Dan abused her in any way, mentally or physically! She tore up his house, burned his clothes and even ran her vehicle into his house, with no regard to possibly harming her children! She should have been put to death: EXECUTED! Betty was terrible on the stand! She most of the time glorified Dan, making him look like a price!
Although, I can understand her heart was broken, what she did was WRONG!
BreanneB24 June 2005
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This is definitely a great movie. I have seen this and the first one entitled "A Woman Scorned". This story interested people so much that they had to make a sequel. I think this movie is well made and acted.
Spoilers Ahead Betty, was not just a woman scorned though. She was also a killer who went over to her exhusband and his wife Linda's house and broke in and shot them while they were sleeping. She then pulled the phone out of wall so Dan could not call for help. Then when Betty is still in the county jail awaiting her second trial she is disciplined for a scuffle that she had with an inmate earlier. But Betty won't coroparate so the guards have to carry her down to solitary. I saw the real-life incident on TV and the funny thing about it was that they showed her in her green panties. Which teaches a good lesson that if she would have just kept her mouth shut and did what she was told instead of fighting and arguing then she would have spared herself the aggravation, embarrassment and trouble. She is a spoiled rotten brat who definitely needs to grow up.
Spoilers Ahead Betty, was not just a woman scorned though. She was also a killer who went over to her exhusband and his wife Linda's house and broke in and shot them while they were sleeping. She then pulled the phone out of wall so Dan could not call for help. Then when Betty is still in the county jail awaiting her second trial she is disciplined for a scuffle that she had with an inmate earlier. But Betty won't coroparate so the guards have to carry her down to solitary. I saw the real-life incident on TV and the funny thing about it was that they showed her in her green panties. Which teaches a good lesson that if she would have just kept her mouth shut and did what she was told instead of fighting and arguing then she would have spared herself the aggravation, embarrassment and trouble. She is a spoiled rotten brat who definitely needs to grow up.
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