I understand this movie was loosely based on true story. I agree with others, that it was a basement and there was a big window. You'd think they'd try to escape through it. If the kids were allowed outside off & on, they could've ran for help. That's not the way it played out. Then there was the girl in the motel room who had supposedly seen the cops badge. Why couldn't she have said something to him? It definitely doesn't make any sense at all.

A lot of stuff happened way too early in the movie. As I mentioned before about the cop in the motel room. He doesn't do anything with her, but she should have said something. If the cop had an idea of who it was and what was happening, what took him so long to do anything about it? Why didn't he do anything before they got away, period. Okay, so at the end she was in a closet. But for the majority of the movie , it was a basement. So the title is a bit misleading. Also, from what I read about the story it is loosely based on, the real life girl was about 25 pounds and living in her own urine & feces in a closet. And I believe it was her mother & maybe stepfather that held her there, not another relative.

Movie is based on the true story of Linda Weston of Philadelphia who is serving a life sentence. She, along with her daughter, spouse, and 'preacher,' held 4 mentally developmental delayed adults (1 woman, 3 men) and 10 year old niece captive. She targeted that particular demographic due to collecting their social security checks and she knew that they wouldn't have the mental capacity to try to outwit the kidnappers and run. Watching the movie, I believe the cast gave voice to the victims who otherwise couldn't communicate it fully themselves. My heart hurts for the victims and am glad justice has been served.

Well, I must admit that this 2023 TV drama was actually better than I had anticipated. I figured that it would probably be another run-of-the-mill-and-dime-a-dozen type of drama. But still, since I hadn't heard about the movie at all prior to stumbling upon it, of course I opted to give it a chance.

Writers Sa'Rah Jones and Courtney Miller put together a storyline that proved to be entertaining and enjoyable. Don't get me wrong, because I don't consider involuntary confinement, torture and the like that took place in the movie as enjoyable. But it was a nicely told story, despite of it being one that dealt with some rather serious issues.

Director Jaira Thomas brought the storyline and script to the screen in a nice way, because the movie was entertaining from beginning to end. And it definitely helped that they had a great cast ensemble to bring the characters to life on the screen.

Of the entire cast, I was only familiar with Tami Roman (playing Mia) and Remy Ma (playing Patricia). But the cast ensemble in general put on good and convincing performances that added a lot of flavor to the movie.

If you enjoy dramas that are somewhat based on actual events, then I will actually say that "Girl in the Closet" was a surprisingly good movie. I was genuinely entertained from start to end here.

My rating of "Girl in the Closet" lands on a six out of ten stars.