Thursday, January 19, 2012

Enough

In the movie Enough, starring pop singer Jennifer Lopez as "Slim"; an abused wife learns to fight back. In the beginning of the movie, Slim is working as a waitress at a Cafe with her best friend, Ginny. She is soon swept off her feet by Mitch, a charming, brave, and rich man. They soon later get married and have a child named Gracie. They live the fairy tell life; perfect family, nice house, money, etc. but soon it all turns to turmoil when she finds out hes having an affair on her with another woman. Mitch tells Slim that she is harmless and just a work friend. More signs later on lead up to that they aren't just friends like the late nights, perfume on his clothes, and his avoidance towards her. She turns angry and threatens to have a divorce and leave. He then turns violent and begins to slap and punch her and says, "Since I make the money, I get to do what I want." She turns to Mitch's mom for help, but she only turns her down. Scared and not sure what to do, Slim decides that staying with Mitch will only lead to the worst so she plans to escape. Late one night she scoops up Gracie and packs her clothes to leave. With Ginny and her friends waiting outside on her to escape, she reaches for the door and is suddenly pulled back by the head of her hair. Mitch makes her put down Gracie, still sleeping, and begins to kick her in the ribs and hit her in the face. While beating her, a lamp breaks, and her friends come to her rescue and help Slim and Gracie get out. All of her money sources are cut off and she must find shelter and food to settle her and Gracie. Mitch, be raged and mad of her leaving sets off to get her back. He breaks into her motel and again Slim and her child get away. This time she decides to catch a plane to Seattle to hide out with her ex-boyfriend Joe. When she gets here, FBI is sent from Mitch to check his home for wife and daughter. Now that she has put her friends life in jeopardy, she leaves to find her long lost father; Jupiter in hopes of gathering money to start a new, secret life. Jupiter at first believes they are just beggars for money, but after being questioned by Mitch's men, he sends Slim money in Michigan to help her out. Slim changes her identity and appearance and starts a whole new life. After several phone booth phone calls, Mitch tracks her down. He ambushes her early in the morning tries to choke her. Gracie, terrified of this act, runs to her mother's rescue and they set flee once again. Slim; now "Erin", sends Gracie on a vacation with Ginny and begins taking self defense classes. When she feels powerful enough, she breaks into Mitch's home and hides all guns and shuts off phone signal so he can't call the police. Mitch returns home from work and Erin begins a fight with him. She beats him around like her did her then kicks him off his balcony where he hits a glass table and died instantly.
I absolutely love this movie and recommend watching it, because it lives up to the title of the movie that enough is enough. "Everyone has a limit."





2 comments:

  1. I honestly thought that I was the only one that loved this movie so much. My sister and I were bored on a rainy day and decided to watch this movie and ended up loving it. The scene where she finally has enough and end up killing him was by far my favorite part. Great blog, you chose just the right parts of the movie to hightlight!

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  2. There is a reason why a lot of people love this movie. It shows that a woman can be strong ENOUGH to take on a problem or in this case an abusive husband, and she didnt need any help from anybody. She herself took her and her kid away from the problem. She learned to fight. She took care of her kid financially. She kept her family safe. She didn't need any help from the man, abusive husband, or father of her child. This movie shows to prove a point that women are Enough.

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