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The bipolar June Baldwin (Elisa Donovan) hits her abusive unfaithful husband Tony (Donovan Reiter) twice with a statue and leaves home with her beloved son Sammy (Steven McPhail); when the police officer arrives, he finds Tony dead with four strikes on his head. June claims innocence but accepts the deal to spend eight years in prison offered by the prosecutor; she leaves her son with her sister Claire (Susan Walters) that is married with the wealthy entrepreneur Jason (Perry King). Eight years later, June leaves the prison cured with the appropriate medication she is using and moves to Claire's manor with the intention of disclosing the truth about the murder of her husband. However the killer is following her steps and is plot to frame her again.

I do not believe that I did not see the soccer game live on TV to see "Framed for Murder" on DVD. The shallow and imbecile plot of this film is so absurd that irritates even considering that is it a TV movie. I will not list the absurd situations of the story to avoid spoilers, but just as examples: (1) it would be unthinkable a mother leaving prison after eight years and her son that is living with her sister traveling in LA in the same date; (b) why June decides to chase the killer eight years after her trial? Further, the association with the terrible acting – I am not going to mention names in respect to the actors and actresses - makes this unbearable flick one of the worst I have recently watched. It would better off watching the game or going to bed earlier. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Conspiração para a Morte" ("Conspiracy for the Death")

Perry king was too good for this and in it such a short amount of time. It was an ok movie not the best. I can't believe two reviewers said Perry's acting along with the others was bad. The movie was just not that well written and he didn't have enough lines to judge him by anyway. The two reviewers evidently haven't seen Perry king in the really good movies he's been in and there are many. He's a very good actor and they don't nominate bad actors for golden globe awards. He's said himself you have to do as the director wants even if you wouldn't have done it their way. Anyway this could have been a lot better if Perry and the other two actors who were out of the movie near the beginning could have had larger roles that were better written and then it could have been a better movie. I watched it just for perry king and was disappointed he was killed off too soon.

And your time WILL be wasted ! Badly written, without any subtlety or desire to be realistic, this story of a bipolar woman accused of murdering her husband has no basis in reality. Unless you believe bad soap operas are realistic...

After spending 8 years in jail, June is released and goes on to stay at her rich sister's house until she can find a job. With the help of another ex-con, she soon unravels (without a lot of difficulty) the mystery of her husband's murder, making any policeman or layer who worked on her case look like a fool.

Name a cliché, and you'll see it in this clinker.

Acting is terrible: Perry King was never a good actor but the one-dimensional rich guy he plays won't help his career. Thank God he's barely in the movie ! Susan Walters can be sexy, but she has no subtlety playing June's sister. At least Elisa Donovan (June) does an OK job as June, the bipolar ex-con fighting for truth and her estranged child.

Shot on Digital in Canada on a low budget, this movie will bring you nothing you haven't seen before. And when you saw it before, it was better.

Another one you should skip !

In Philadelphia, June's husband Tony cheats on her and abuses her (though there's no physical evidence of the latter). One day she has finally had enough and she hits him over the head with a statue. Twice. Then she takes off with their son Sammy; if not for him she could have just left.

The police question June, who doesn't know her husband is dead. June is badgered so much she finally gives in and pleads guilty, fearing she can't convince a jury she didn't do it. At least she only spends eight years in prison; had she been convicted the sentence likely would have been much longer. June's sister Claire and Claire's wealthy husband Jason take Sammy.

When June gets out she is still bipolar but her medication is finally helping. Sammy is in San Francisco, but June keeps in touch. Claire lets June stay in the mansion, and Jason gives her a part-time bookkeeping job at his company. It turns out Jason doesn't think any more of June than most people would; we know the truth, but Jason thinks of her as just an ex-con. And Claire and the landscaper Nick seem to know something about what happened to Tony. June is determined to get answers, so Claire tampers with June's medication, and unfortunate things happen to those who know Tony's situation. Still, June's prison friend Charlie and her cousin Victor help out, and June hires private detective Diane deSalvo.

The mystery is interesting enough, I suppose. Elisa Donovan does a capable enough job. She has beautiful hair, when it looks right. Amazingly, it looks best when she is in jail. Susan Walters has some good scenes (though not THAT good) where she is deliciously evil, but in other scenes she is flat.

I'm not saying it's a bad movie. It's as good as your typical TV-movie mystery, but there's nothing special to make it highly recommended.

June Baldwin is a graduate of Penn State--not the university, but the Penn State Correctional Facility. June spent eight long years in prison after being framed for the murder of her abusive, philandering husband, Tony. Now, June is finally liberated and is about to be reunited with her son Sammy. But, not so fast! June is about to be framed for a second murder.

When finally released from prison, June is given a temporary home with her sister Claire and her multi-millionaire husband, Jason. It is revealed very early in the film the Claire set up June for the murder of Tony at a time when Claire was having an affair with him. Now, the devious Claire is plotting with her paramour Nick the gardener to kill Jason and frame June for a second time, then reaping the benefits of Jason's ten-million-dollar estate.

The filmmakers offered a wide range of interesting location sites in the attempt to simulate Philadelphia. There were also good supporting characters, including Karen, who also had affair with Tony and a savvy private eye named Diane Di Salvo. Unfortunately, both Karen and Diane make early exits from the film when they are respectively strangled and stabbed by Claire's hitman Nick.

My favorite character in the film was Charlie, the quick-thinking friend of June from prison. Charlie, June, and Diane's associate Victor team up to "follow the money," and the trail leads them straight to Claire. A fateful meeting at the stadium will finally turn the tables on Claire.

The incredulous June had trouble in coming to terms how with how her sister could have been jealous of her struggling, bipolar sibling. The only flaw of "Framed for Murder" is apparent in the denouement when it becomes clear that Claire has been completely let off the hook by her kind sister. Complicit in two murders, Claire is now walking free, while June presumably continues with her Proladine prescription and lives with the awareness that for a third time, she may be framed for murder.