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Brutality is no match for wit and skill.

This is a great movie for women to watch because it shows that size is no disadvantage in a fight, and that wit and preparation are half the battle. So many women are in exactly this situation and end up being killed because they can't stop it early. This movie could have gone into more detail on her physical preparation, and also on the emotional trauma of abuse and her gradual transition to a fighting mentality, but there is only so much you can pack into one movie. But it sure is nice to see a non-helpless female for a change. It is a sad comment on the world that a woman who fights back is so unusual that it makes a dramatic movie. This movies has a great message: no on is going to rescue us, so we'd better take matters into our own hands.

One Of The Silliest Movies I've Seen In A Long Time

I just didn't buy this movie. Not for a second. Not from the very beginning. The best thing I can say for this movie is that I laughed a lot. Unfortunately, it's billed as a Drama/Thriller/Action movie. More precisely, it's sad.The plot ranges from mildly suspenseful (the odd time) to silly (most of the time) to downright ridiculous (the rest of the time.) I'm not saying that women aren't sometimes beaten up by their husbands and have to run for their lives. Unfortunately it does happen. But not like this. It's hard to believe that "Slim" (Jennifer Lopez) never had an inkling that Mitch (Billy Campbell) was a lousy husband for several years until the first time he hit her. And it sure was handy that "Slim" happened to have a rich daddy (Fred Ward) who was willing to fund her escape rather handsomely - even though she hadn't seen him in years and he wouldn't acknowledge her as his daughter. And the scenes where "Slim" went into training to take Mitch on had me rolling on the floor - she struck me as kind of a much cuter Rocky meets the Karate Kid! As far as the performances go, well they weren't a strong point. Lopez demonstrated no discernible acting talent. JLo should stick to singing. Campbell really didn't come across as frightening. After so many years on TV playing ER's good guy Dr. Carter, Noah Wyle is not believable in a bad guy role as "Robbie." Actually, my wife's words when she discovered how bad Robbie really was were "not my Dr. Carter!" Sorry, Noah - the typecasting monster has you by the throat. And, I really hate to criticize her at her tender age but Tessa Allen (as little Gracie) has to rank as the most irritating child actor I've come across in a long time.There are a couple of positives. As unbelievable as it is, the fight scene between Slim and Mitch at the end was pretty good, and as silly as it is, the movie actually zipped along rather well. But I still can't go better than 3/10.

Sleeping With The Enemy 2002

Basically, this movie is just an updated version of Sleeping With The Enemy. Given that its a JLO movie, I expected it to be awful. However, I found it to be halfway decent. She still is a bad actress, but this could be one of her better roles.

Mediocre film, mediocre actress

I have a lot of respect for J.Lo and all the things she does, but I am mystified that she continuously works in film. Her acting skills have grossly deteriorated over the years and she is proof positive that this country rewards mediocracy over superior talent. In Enough, J.Lo plays a battered wife who seeks revenge on her husband, but the plot is so thin and unbelievable that the movie fails to rise above average. True to form, Lopez fails to bring anything to the movie other than memorized lines. Save you time/don't waste your money!

Thrills, action and justice

If watching someone beat up his wife gets you up and rooting for spontaneous acts of random violence against the perpetrator - if spousal abuse gets you rooting for the "good guy" (or in most cases the "good lady") this is your movie. Bad things happen to bad people.If you believe sisters can do it for themselves and that strong women on the big and small screen are a plus - this is your movie.If you like it when you think you know the outcome of a movie but spend over 100 minutes of nailbiting thrills and anguish anyway - this is your movie.If you like a good entertaining movie.... this is your movie.

Insulting, ridiculous and just plain bad

Slim thought she had it all, a loving spouse, a beautiful daughter and a wonderful home, that is until she discovers her husband's true nature. A determined and ruthless man, Mitch believes that since he provides for the family, he alone makes the rules around the house, and Slim should just play the role of an obedient wife. When the relationship becomes abusive and violent, she finally chose to leave him. Taking little Gracie with her, Slim quickly found herself in a cat and mouse game as Mitch pursued her relentlessly everywhere she went. Tired of running and being afraid for her safety constantly, she decided to fight back and be the aggressor this time.

Well, against my better judgement I went to watch Enough anyway, and after sitting through 2 hours of hackneyed and preposterous story, I can safely say that this is one of the worst movies of 2002. The script was poorly written, the characters were flat and undeveloped, the acting was horrid and the dialogues were terrible. The scary thing is that Enough actually featured a talented cast, with Juliette Lewis, Noah Wyle and yes, even Jennifer Lopez, yet none of them were watchable, the performances were uninspiring and boring.

Let's face it, domestic thrillers have been done numerous times before, unfortunately Enough didn't do anything new to set itself apart from the others in the same genre. The direction was uneven, and the pacing was jerky, all of the obligatory gimmicks in a suspence movie were there. ...

You go girl

Jennifer gave a excellent performance and I'm so proud of my fellow Latina! You go girl! She most definitely deserves recognition for this movie. This movie surprised me on which I wasn't sure if it was going to be like other movies about battered women! She showed so much strength and determination to be once again happy and to be treated with respect!I truly recommened this movie!!!!

*Very Good Movie!*

I really liked this movie.It shows that a person can only put up with so much.You have to stand up for yourself.Be strong and you will win.A must see for anyone who has tolerated physical abuse.

J Lo always like that

I have to say, all of J Lo's movies are the same.
But this one is really like Steven Seagal's film.

What we need ENOUGH of are

people who think Jlo is a good actress. She's so mediocre it's painful, and nowhere is she more mediocre than in this piece of trash. NO spoilers here: if the title doesn't tell you what's going to happen, you'll figure it out 15 minutes into the flick.
Yes, there are a million inconsistencies, yes, you wonder if Lopez' character could put even more trauma on her daughter, and yes, you understand why this thing bombed at the box office.

Spousal abuse is a horrible thing, and deserves far more respect than this film. And if you were a wife finally looking to get even with your abusive husband, after you snuck into his house, wouldn't the first thing YOU do be change into a skin-tight black outfit? And where did she get those "magic" detecting devices? Save your money. Watch TV instead.

Enough of J-Lo's acting

Considering how this was advertised as a serious role-it failed to measure up. I guess J-Lo's paycheck was so big- there was not enough money to pay a decent writer.

So all abused women should take Karate and learn to fight back! Hmmm this is an interesting concept. TOO bad this sound message did not come across due to the insanity of the script, and the crappy dialouge

Give up acting J-Lo and focus on your other talents.

Enough already!!! She's got no talent.

This movie, albeit fiction, is a complete insult to anyone who's ever known someone in an abusive relationship. I liked this movie much better when it was called "Sleeping with The Enemy." An estranged parent that never gave you anything let alone money would suddenly put out serious money for your escape? You'd take kick boxing classes to kick the stuffing out of the man that wants to kill you? How on god's green earth is this even PLAUSIBLE for fiction? It's watered-down, derivative, middle or the road GARBAGE that truly insults any intelligent movie-goer, but then again stupid is as stupid does. She can dance, and that's it. This Christmas the best gift anyone could give me would be the heads of the executives on a stick that green light her movies and granted her a record contract. That would be the gift that keeps on giving. This movie is NOT a guilty pleasure, it's just guilty. Guilty of being a complete and utter WASTE OF TIME. Hopefully Ben will pull out of his downward spiral and find someone worthy of his talent and looks.

Decent, if derivative

I rented this film mainly because I had heard it featured the Israel self-defense art Krav Maga. I wanted to see a glimpse of this without renting something as stolid as a training video. What I got was fairly entertaining, although it was rather slow to get off the ground. The film takes a fairly long time establishing the relationship between Slim (Jennifer Lopez)and husband Mitch (Billy Campbell) before revealing Mitch openly for the monster he is. We get all sorts of hints about how controlling and possessive he can be before this. The problem I had with this, and with Slim's run from Mitch, is that I'd seen it before (and done better) in Sleeping with the Enemy, with Julia Roberts in Lopez's role and Patrick Bergin in the Campbell part. J.Lo's character does some phenomenally stupid things for a woman on the run, [SPOILER ALERT] such as making repeated calls to her estranged husband's mother and even, once, to her husband, so that her daughter can speak to them [END SPOILER ALERT]. But this is something I would tend to blame on the writing. Lopez herself does a fairly creditable job as a wife first betrayed, then terrified. But the real acting triumphs in this film belong to Campbell, who comes across as the textbook example of a sociopath, and to Tessa Allen as Slim and Mitch's daughter, Gracie. Allen was only five when "Enough" was filming, but she clearly has a great career ahead of her.

A Different kinda of J Lo movie....

I Like Jennifer Lopez aisde from her movie "The Cell"...In "Enough" Lopez meets her future husband (Campbell) at the cofee shop that she works at. She soon gets married and becomes a happy house wife and a parent of a young girl. But is that a happy ever after story? Noooo Campbell's character soon gets abusive and threatens Lopez if she contemplates leaving him and especially leaving w/ their child. The relationship immediately gets strained and Lopez wants out now and for her daughter....What can a house wife do? Her in-laws helps & gets her out of the house but Campbell is soon on her tail but she quickly runs before Campbell can even get his hands on her or their daughter. Lopez goes in hiding fearing for her life but Campbell resorts to devious ways to flush her out. Any family connections, involving the police and searching thru any paper trail Lopez unknowingly leaves behind. Lopez, is not safe where ever she goes and she must devise a wicked plan to trump Campbell to save her self and her daughter. The movie also stars Juliette Lewis who I dont care for much but she was pretty good as the best friend of Lopez.

entertaining enough

This can be a decent Saturday night movie if you look at it the right way. Jennifer Lopez delivers a solid acting performance as always, as do Billy Campbell as the manipulative maniac whom J Lo's character marries--his behaviors are a tad crazier and more ridiculous than anything you'd see or hear about anyone in real life, but hey, what do you expect, it's Hollywood. Tessa Allen plays the little daughter who, at three years old, actually holds the movie together in some ways, keeps the story where it needs to be, and offers a little bit of hope. She's a cutie too--not an annoying little brat you might expect. Overall, I think it's at least worth a rental, if you like thrillers.

EXTRA CREDIT!!!!!!!!! Final examination Germ241F

The dramatic movie Enough, directed by Michael Apted is about an important social issue, domestic violence. The movie portrays Slim Hiller, played by Jennifer Lopez as a loving mother who has had enough of her husband's cheating ways. Mitch Hiller, played by Billy Campbell abuses Slim after she confronts him about him cheating on her. The battered housewife never calls the police but instead runs away with her daughter. After going to a lawyer, she realizes the police can't do anything for her because she took too much time before telling someone. Instead, she realizes she has to take matters in her own hand. She trains with a trainer to help her protect and fend for herself. Self defense is a method of defending one self and is not murder. When ready, she takes on her own husband and succeeds.

GO J-LO!

This movie was very good. It showed one woman's fight for her life and that of her child's against her abusive husband. Jennifer Lopez was perfect for the part. I recommend this movie if you like action and suspense.

You too can look sexy when being brutalized!

*Consider this your spoiler warning* The only reason to watch this film is to see J-Lo get the s--t beaten out of her. I know that's a very un-PC thing to say, but this film is such an offensively stylized, uncreative, unrealistic portrayal of the real-life drama of domestic violence--it's permissible to laugh at it. Dis I even need to warn readers of a spoiler for this completely formulaic film? Beautiful girl and Rich guy fall in love. Red flags are ignored. [BANG!] [POW!] [ZOWIE!] Beautiful girl gets icy-cool revenge using snazzy and oh-so-sexy martial arts moves. Film ends. Victim as Victorious. Bad Guy gets Hurt. And everybody looks FABULOUS throughout. Ok, so if you're into Jennifer Lopez and whats-his-name, you'll love this shallow, MTV-Style view of social drama. If you hate her like I do--well, you'll enjoy it for other reasons. But for God's sake, if you want to see a realistic, compelling and responsible drama about domestic violence as it actually occurs in real people's lives--please skip this one.

Exactly

Yeah, enough of these mixes of every and any lifetime movie ever made and dumb violence added to get some of the guys to come along with the gals to the theater. I would've not seen this movie, from the looks of the trailer, but then I saw the director's credit was Michael Apted. He directed the 007 picture from 1999 (a good one) and also directed another movie I saw recently, Enigma, which had the workings of a very clever mystery, set in world war II Britain. But with this, he can't do much to save it. The script (astoundingly, written by Elia Kazan's son) is so unrelentingly lightweight that anybody with talent in the perimeter of it goes under its spell and does its tricks on their minds to do this project. Or maybe it's just the good old friend money again.As for Jennifer Lopez, she has put in a few real good performances and had a number of duds too, and this is one to add proudly to the later. And in a sense, I almost wonder if this is her subliminal life projected on film, a chase against men that treat her wrong and all that. Anyway, I know there will be some money made on this movie, it just won't be from me again. D-(Lopez's behind steals the show once again, but not enough)

Hilarious

I love bad movies, I grew up on them. Only a certain type of bad movie though, some of them are just boring but "Enough" has "it". Bad acting, ridiculous situations, cheesy music, characters that do things that make no sense, etc. There is one problem w/ this movie though, it bothered me the 1st time I saw it because it deals w/ a serious subject and it sends some very bad messages to women in "Slim's" situation. A very exploitive movie. You would like to think that a battered woman would be offended w/ this cheap manipulative garbage but apparently, they're aloud to have bad taste in movies just like most of the people in the world. Anyway, Jennifer Lopez gives a terrible, terrible performance and shows absolutely no range whatsoever. Billy Campbell comes off as some kind of comic book super villain and makes you wonder, how could he hide the fact that he's such a bast@rd from her for as long as he did? But who cares, there's tons of laughs in this flick. The scene where Slim receives her first beatdown is a riot from start to finish. There's just too many funny sequences in this movie to list them all. A must see for any fan of bad movies. I make sure to catch it every time it's on and I'm thinking about buying the DVD. Anaconda was a classic bad movie, add Enough to that classic list & I think I might have to check out Maid In Manhattan, Angel Eyes, Wedding Planner & Gigli and have a J Lo festival.