Review of A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story

Those that have never been in an abusive relationship truly have no idea why the women, or men, don't just leave. Over a period of time, the abuser teaches you that you are worth nothing. It is a slow, well thought out process. You aren't even aware that it is happening to you until you have - learned - the consequences of his anger. The anger usually doesn't have anything to do with you, so there is nothing logical about the lesson. You have no way of knowing what has happened to him during the day, and never will. All you know is that whatever it was, must somehow be your fault. You are taught that the world is a terrible place and that there is no way you can survive without him. Then he tells you that if you are brave enough to leave him, he'll kill you. Those who stay in the relationship do not realize that he will probably kill you either way. This movie is the first and only movie that I have ever seen that truly tries to explain these issues. I am truly sorry that the law has not realized that this true story goes on in every state, in every economic class, on every day of way too many lives.