Either Him or Us, a 1995 t.v. movie, is most effective in shedding light on the victim mentality, specifically, how easy it is for women to fall prey to seemingly well meaning men who are nothing more than wife beaters. Ann Jillian plays a woman, herself a victim of wife abuse, who battles the obsessive, violent boyfriend of her granddaughter, played by Monique Lanier. The film works in showing Lanier’s belief that her boyfriend’s passion for her is what is also responsible for his violent ways, and director Iscove succeeds in creating this conflict.
Made for TV movie detailing the darker side of obsessive relationships. Brings together a bunch of formerly famous television drama characters — you’ll have flashbacks to 21 jump street, life goes on, star trek the next generation, and get to see some of the earlier work of a cast member of 7th heaven.
