Ed-Shullivan Of course there have been tens of thousands of real women who have been held captive against their will. As an example there were the three (3) young ladies that were held captive against their will for almost ten (10) years in Cleveland by the serial predator and rapist Ariel Castro. The 2015 film titled Cleveland Abduction documented in detail what these three women went through and how they eventually escaped Castro's in-house prison. (You can read my IMDB review on this film dated May 05th, 2015.)This Lifetime film was deeply unrealistic by how blatantly neglectful both the local police and newspapers were in not covering the abduction story of missing women if it really did occur. This is a very much exaggerated "women held prisoner" by a neat and tidy wacko neighbor. Although the story line is an interesting concept in which the captor is still living in the 1950's based on his physical appearance, the car he drives, and how is basement prison is decorated with retro 1950's furniture and appliances, there doesn't seem to be any Dick Tracy around to solve the case of these missing women.As in many other films, the ending leaves a lot to be desired and was a letdown for me. I give the film a 6 out of 10 rating.

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS*** Coming home one night after seeing a play Evan & Jessica Crowder, Andrew W. Walker & Courtney Ford, find their apartment broken into and end up getting ripped off-at gunpoint- of all their valuables including Jessica's engagement ring by the friendly neighbor crack-head Matt Enos looking for his latest fix. Determined to start a new life in the, so they think, crime free suburbs the two get into hock by buying a house in Monroe County even if it cost more then they can afford. It's then that the Crowder's next door neighbor collage professor Simon,Shaun Benson, starts snooping around their home and trying to get friendly with them.It soon turns out that after Simon saw Jessica tossing a salad while chit chatting with her husband Evan a light went out on in his head to both kidnap and make her his personal sex slave. It didn't take long for Simon to get Jessica under his control by first kidnapping her and then locking her in his sound as well as bomb proof bunker under his house to do whatever that his sick mind wan't to do with the helpless woman. It also turns out that Simon has another sex slave hidden in his bunker the Mooonie and brain dead like Robin Simmons, Rachael Wilson, who's been trapped there for the last four years! ***SPOILERS*** As it turned out Simon had no idea what two women under one roof can cause with them fighting, at least Robin, over his affections towards them which ends up with Bobbie getting the far worst of it! That with Simon slashing her throat when she tries to get him to do the same to Jessica whom he now, feeling that Robin is damaged goods, makes his main and only squeeze! It's in the end that Simon who by now has gone completely out of his mind who lets his guard down and gets clobbered by Jessica when her husband, who thought she ran out on him, Evan finally put two and two together and confronted the crazy as a mad hatter Simon in his bunker. Now behind bars and facing a bleak future Simon gets a visit from Jessica in prison with her new published book "Kept Woman" so he can spend his time reading about his exploit and seeing just how crazy he was back then and, from the looks of him, still is.

zonkerjohn very poor credibility, and bad acting by lead female.credibility: a woman goes into a house of her neighbor who she has suspicions about.her fiancée should have immediately been suspecting foul play by, among other things, the fact that she left he cell phone back.the police should have been more suspicious of her neighbor.I thought she did a horrible acting job, at least when she was first there, as she did not seem nearly as distraught as she should be at the potential of her horrifying fate.it was an intriguing story and did have its moments.

wes-connors After a frightening apartment robbery, attractive graphic designer Courtney Ford (as Jessica "Jess" Crowder) and her handsome fiancé Andrew W. Walker (as Evan Crowder) move into a picturesque suburban house. They are immediately welcomed by quirky-looking neighbor Shaun Benson (as Simon), a professor in "Men's Studies." He comes from a 1950s "traditional background," having a father who worked and a mother who cooked. Also an amateur crime investigator, Ms. Ford does not cook. She doesn't watch "Lifetime" TV Movies, either, or she would have known better than to get too chummy with quirky neighbors..."Kept Woman" follows the formula for making these television movies fun. A great looking cast in an abduction fantasy, with some subtle humor; it's marvelously played. Michel Poulette's direction and the cool set design are quite nice, so stay tuned. The opening scenes are not strong, but they move the story along quickly. It would have been nice to build up more suspense between Ford and Mr. Benson, who is positively delicious as the male chauvinist professor. The "family" formed by Benson could have been further developed, also. Still, it's better to leave viewers expecting to see more, than wanting to see less.****** Kept Woman (2/28/15) Michel Poulette ~ Courtney Ford, Shaun Benson, Andrew W. Walker, Rachel Wilson