Debut tomorrow night on the Kimes's Murder case:

[XanaDUer]

A Little Thing Called Murder

(Movie -- Lifetime, Mon. Jan. 23, 9 p.m.)

Filmed in Vancouver by Grand Prods. and Stonemade Entertainment in association with Fox Television Studios. Executive producers, Randy Stone, Gary A. Randall; producer, Fran Rosati; director, Richard Benjamin; writer, Teena Booth; story by Randy Stone, based on the book "Dead End: The Crime Story of the Decade -- Murder, Incest and High-Tech Thievery" by Jeanne King.

Sante Kimes - Judy Davis
Kenny Kimes - Jonathan JacksonJonathan Jackson
Ken Sr. - Chelcie Ross
Beverly Bates - Cynthia Stevenson
Kent Walker - Brent King

By BRIAN LOWRY


Mother and son crime duo Judy Davis and Jonathan Jackson put the squeeze on a socialite in Lifetime telepic 'A Little Thing Called Murder.'


"The Grifters" meets "Mommie Dearest" in this real-life story about mother-and-son con artists and killers Sante and Kenny Kimes, which offers Judy Davis another "No wire hangers!"-worthy biopicbiopic showcase to follow her no-holds-barred portrayals of Judy Garland and Nancy Reagan. Presented with more cheek and flair than your average Lifetime movie, pic will be a must-see in circles where such performances inspire viewing parties, but the execution doesn't entirely sustain its initial promise, eventually succumbing to an episodic feel as it chronicles the Kimes' crime spree.
So tawdry as to be irresistible, the Kimes' oedipal act has already been fodder for a 2001 CBS movie, "Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes," starring Mary Tyler Moore. The new wrinkle here, such as it is, is that Kenny has since testified against his mother in a 2004 trial.

Another small aside here is that producer and former Fox casting exec Randy Stone actually met Sante as a youth, a fact somewhat gratuitously incorporated into the picture...



http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117929292?categoryid=32&cs=1&s=h&p=0

[flamingyouth]

1. Thanks for the heads up!

I remember this story and I'll check this out. :hi:

[livetohike]

2. I missed it but

I remember this story clearly.