Betrayed: A Story of Three Women

Amanda (Meredith Baxter) has a perfect life and is a wonderful woman. She has a beautiful house, two wonderful sons, and a hard-working husband. Her best friend Joan (Swoosie Kurtz) is a widow who has a daughter, Dana, who apparently has had a nervous breakdown? Broke up with a boyfriend? Dropped out of college? Or just didn't go back when college started the next semester? Anyway, Amanda's husband, Rob, has given Dana an internship at his firm.SPOILERSFor some reason, although Dana used to take naps as child in Rob's and Amanda's marital bed, and also used to babysit their boys, she and Rob begin an affair. No one knows or suspects, except Rob's boss. Rob (says he) works late all the time and is always coming up with excuses. Proving that they are both very, very stupid, Rob goes to Dana's house (Joan's house) to fool around with her, and guess what? Joan comes home, to her house. What a surprise!Joan is very angry, and tells Dana to get out of her house, which she does not. She keeps living with and off of Mommy. Joan tries to tell Amanda, but can't get the words out. Rob finally tells Amanda that he's having an affair (she catches him crying and pries it out of him), but doesn't tell her who the other woman is. Finally it's out in the open that the other woman is Dana, and Amanda and one of her boys are furious. The other boy is kind of laid-back, and his dad is going to buy him a car, so he has a kind of "wait and see" attitude.The furious son confronts Dana (he had wanted to date her) and she cries when he talks about all the people she has hurt. Dana doesn't really care about the others and what her choices have done to them; you can tell she's only crying because she's feeling sorry for herself. She then happily meets Rob again at the hotel room, ready to continue. Rob has had a quick change of heart though, and all of a sudden, realizes what he stands to lose.He tries to get back with Amanda, and she tells him he betrayed her and lied to her. He says everyone lies, so get used to it, but now he is being honest (that must have been difficult). He really doesn't get it, or care to get it. He's just thinking of himself and trying to get back what he had. He doesn't empathize with Amanda and what he's has chosen to do to their marriage, and to Amanda's belief system.However, Amanda must have considered being on her own, and decides to forgive Rob; she says she knows he's sorry. That makes everything okay. She asks how she will be able to trust him again and he has no answer for that. He tells her he missed her and he loves her (now that he's not with Dana anymore). He wasn't missing her or loving her while he was cheating on her with her best friend's daughter, but if this occurs to Amanda, she doesn't say so.Amanda is angry with Joan, and Joan says everything wrong, so you can't really blame Amanda. Joan has zero interpersonal skills. She tells Amanda to "Calm down!" She tells her that she is being irrational, and later, that Amanda had better lower her standards, or they can't be friends. Amanda doesn't like this. She doesn't like being told that her values are wrong and that everything she believed in was wrong, but that doesn't matter to Joan. She has no compassion for Amanda, she is just insistent and persistent, because she wants her friend back, and HER life back the way it was (pretty much as Rob does). Joan is like a child. Are we supposed to believe that Joan's "pep talk" to Amanda really made her see things in a new and improved light?This film never gets to the heart of the matter, which is: Why would Dana have an affair with Rob, her mother's best friend's husband? According to Joan, she raised her better than that, but Dana never gives her reason, from which I can only conclude that she is a selfish skank. Why did Rob, supposedly so perfect, fall for Dana, who is younger, but really nothing remarkable? There does not seem to be much going on behind this actor's eyes, so it's difficult to tell. He doesn't seem to go very deep.There is no explanation as to why Rob and Dana felt entitled to do as they pleased. The remorse they felt (if any) was only for themselves, not for those they hurt. They both came across as "Looking out for Number One." So we shall never know what that really was about.

This is an excellent movie of it's type. And who doesn't enjoy a good drama sometimes. This is very well written, well acted, well directed. I really enjoyed it. One thing I would like to have had the mother say to the daughter would have been "Have you ever heard of THE REBOUND? This just reeks of REBOUND. It is what you are doing now that is causing so much trouble. You are REBOUNDING. You left college with a broken heart because of somebody you met there and almost as soon as you get home you begin an affair with the most inappropriate man you could possibly find". Also, there is only one throw away line by Baxter about "almost incest". I thought this should have been stressed more. There is a big difference in a man having an affair with another woman and his having an affair with the much younger daughter of his wife's best friend whom he has known as well as his own children since she was very small. THAT does smack of incest. Hard to forgive and forget something like that because it says something serious about him as a person.

Normally don't watch these kind of movies like this one that are usually found on Lifetime, but I have to say it was pretty good. The characters were believable and it did bring out some emotion, in that you could feel the pain that the people were going through and makes one wonder what you would do in same situation. I would say it's worth watching.

This movie is funny to watch mainly because of the lesson it teaches. Ultimately, life is terrible, the world is a cesspool, and people are rotten to the core... so just wallow in the filth and accept it! Morals and ethics are overrated and outdated, ridiculous relics from the past. We're living in "the new country" now! If you think cheating on your spouse is bad, you're living in a fairytale dreamworld. Cheat, lie and steal everybody... it's the modern evolution of society. LOL

I really liked this movie. I chose it because it was a true story...and this is what I tend to gravitate towards. The three well known actresses in the movie were superb, and the story itself will definitely keep your interest. Yes...I would recommend watching this movie...especially if you like movies based on true facts, even though some of the facts just might shock you! It certainly did not disappoint though!

I have bought several DVDs on line through Amazon and the descriptions of the movies are very accurate. They always arrive quickly and in very good condition. Only one time did I have to return a movie but that was a simple error of which area the movie could be played in. The one I received was only for Great Britain but the seller was able to refund my money as soon as I returned the item. Unfortunately he didn't have another one but I was able to find one on Amazon. It's great to be able to buy older movies through Amazon and their sellers.

Always a treat to watch Baxter act, and with S. Kurtz as a team, its an unbeatable entertaining worth your time to watch. They were excellent together in this movie, worked great together for this type of topic.

I didn't realize how old the movie was. I suspect late 80s or early 90s from the looks of both women and the clothes. The story was good and watchable. Felt like a movie made for Lifetime Television

The dvd wasn't the same one as discribed on the cover. The movie which was on the disc was about a young lady who had a baby girl then she was put up for adoption. Nothing whatsoever was which was described on the cover. Very disappointed as I've ordered 4 copies and all of them are the same cover and wrong description for the actual movie. Customers are being deceived and tricked and I'm not going to be purchasing anything else from the seller.

Beautiful movie made with sensitivity, ethic and great moral values. All the actors are great.

This had the wrong film when innocence is lost, not betrayed a story of 3 women. You should have a look for yourself.

good film

a good watch