Enough is a thriller film directed by Michael Apted. The movie is based on the 1998 novel Black and Blue, by Anna Quindlen, which was a New York Times bestseller. It stars Jennifer Lopez as Slim, an abused wife who learns to fight back.
Plot[]
Slim (Jennifer Lopez) is a waitress in a Los Angeles diner where she meets Mitch Hiller (Billy Campbell), who wards off a rude man trying to hit on her. They eventually marry, have a daughter named Gracie, and live happily in an expensive house.
Some years later, Slim finds out Mitch has been cheating on her and, when she threatens to leave, he begins to beat and threaten her. Saying as he makes the money in the family, he gets to do whatever he likes, and he won't end his affair unless she wants to fight him.
Slim goes to Mitch's mother about the abuse, but she is unsympathetic and implies the abuse is Slim's fault. Her best friend Ginny (Juliette Lewis) tells her to leave him and press charges, but when she goes to the police, there's little they can do to protect her.
Mitch tells Slim he knows she discussed the abuse with his mother, beating her again, and she realizes she has no other choice but to take Gracie and leave. Slim enlists her friends to help her and Gracie escape late at night, but Mitch foils the plan. After some struggle, they all escape.
Mitch freezes and empties Slim's bank accounts, leaving her unable to rent a room. Tracking her down at a cheap motel, he tries to break into the room, but she escapes with Gracie, moving to Seattle to stay with an old friend, Joe.
The next day, men posing as F.B.I Agents show up and threaten Joe, destroying his apartment. Slim then goes to her wealthy, estranged father, Jupiter. Even though Slim sent several unanswered letters to him as a child, Jupiter claims he's unaware of her existence and believes she's just after money, offering her only $12. Slim and Gracie briefly find refuge at a commune, where Jupiter later contacts her, revealing that Mitch's associates had threatened him, which piqued his interest. He sends her a large sum of money, which allows her to set up a new life under a new identity, and he lets her know to reach out if she needs more.
Joe visits Slim, but Mitch tracks her down and she escapes with Gracie. Consulting a lawyer, she's warned there is little she can do. Slim then goes into hiding in San Francisco and sends Gracie away to safety while she trains in Krav Maga self defense. She breaks into Mitch's new home and hides his guns, jams the phone, plants fake letters saying she is there to discuss custody of Gracie, and awaits his return. When he arrives, they fight and Slim beats Mitch unconscious, and eventually knocks him off a balcony to his death. The police regard her actions as self-defense. Slim and Gracie reunite and go to live with Joe in Seattle.
Cast[]
- Jennifer Lopez as Slim Hiller / Erin Ann Shleeter - Wife
- Billy Campbell as Mitch Hiller - Husband
- Tessa Allen as Gracie Hiller / Queen Elizabeth Shleeter - Daughter
- Juliette Lewis as Ginny - Slim's Friend
- Dan Futterman as Joe - Slim's former Boyfriend
- Noah Wyle as Robbie - Cop - Conman with Mitch
- Fred Ward as Jupiter - Slim's Father
- Christopher Maher as Phil - Slim's Step-Father
- Janet Carroll as Mrs. Hiller - Mitch's Mother
- Bill Cobbs as Jim Toller
- Bruce A. Young as Self-Defense Instructor
- Bruce French as Homeowner
- Ruben Madera as Teddy
- Dan Martin as Fake FBI Agent
- Jeff Kober as Fake FBI Agent (John Boy)
- Brent Sexton as Fake FBI Agent
- Michael Byrne as Desk Sergeant
