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Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

PeachHamBeach At the age of 11, I was already a paranoid older sister. I was "trained" to watch my younger siblings with the warnings, "If you don't watch them, someone will snatch them and rape and murder them, and then you'll be sorry."I'll never have children. I'm not a coward. I've already done the mother thing, and it was a nightmare that only ended when my siblings grew up, moved on, got married. So in a way, I can identify with the guilt and grief the Walsh family shared. Daniel J. Travanti's performance was so powerful, and so was JoBeth Williams'. This movie terrified me and knocked any remaining naivete from me. I was already a basketcase before the film aired. After, I was convinced that there are too many predators out there, cowards with sick perversions, and that unless you watch your kids like a hawk, one of the millions of lurking demons will come and steal your child. Reve Walsh was gone all of 5 minutes. That's all it takes. After 30 years, this made for TV movie remains powerful, unbearably real and painful in its production and presentation. Part of the reason it's watchable for me (mostly) is the cast, including one of my all time favorite actors, Richard Masur, along with Martha Scott as Adam's grandmother and Mason Adams as John Walsh's friend and coworker who helped speak to police agencies in Florida to get the search for Adam moving faster than it would have. It's so terrible how it takes a brutal murder to motivate this country into action. In 1981, the FBI did not place a missing child on their list of priorities. Adam's death caused his parents to go to bat for innocent children. I don't subscribe to that "everything happens for a reason" stuff. When a child is stolen and murdered, it is senseless, pure evil, not the will of "God". I will say that Adam did not die in vain. His sad story woke up a nation to reality. He is the inspiration and his family are heroes who have paved the way. We now have Megan's Law and Amber alerts. We now know how urgent and imperative it is to react NOW when a child goes missing.

JRTuttle4 I can remember watching this movie when I was about 6 or 7 years old and I can also remember the emotional impact that it had on me as I watched knowing that it was all based on a true story. The things the Walsh family has done over the years in response to what happened to Adam has really had an ENORMOUS impact on the way child abduction cases have been handled! The perseverance and determination of the Walsh family, such as John Walsh's role in the TV show America's Most Wanted and as co-founder of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, has not only saved the lives of others, but has probably also deterred some from committing deplorable acts like what happened to their son Adam. John and Reve Walsh truly are heroes!

hd11gc This is a landmark film which should be screened at regular intervals with an updated list of missing children following each showing of the movie. I remember the film vividly as there was a story in the local newspaper of a person who recognised children from the photo list and eventually these children were reunited with their family.Daniel J Travanti and JoBeth Williams are excellent as Adam's distraught parents and the film strikes the right balance of suspense, tragedy and eventual hope.I applaud John and Reve Walsh for their courage in turning their own personal tragedy into a crusade to protect other children and other families from the same fate as theirs. God bless them.

DaBears54 It was THE best TV movie ever. You would think after making this movie, parents would be more cautious of the wear abouts of their kids. But you still hear about so many child abduction cases throughout the USA. I think every police station or places that post missing children notices in the country should have a picture of Adam on their missing child wall. I don't think that there will be a greater TV movie made better than this. Good acting and a great history of what happened to ADAM. I still cry at the end with the funeral services. A definite A+ movie. I can't believe this movie is 21 years old now. I was 4 years old when this came out. I first saw this movie when I was 6 and still have the movie.