Comments about ‘Cry in the Dark, A’

i thought the movie was pathetic , i live in alice srings
at the time azaria went missing and through the court
cases, i didn't feel either meryl or sam did justce for
lindy or michael. sam always seems such a sulky nasty
person even if he's not paying that type of part it just
seems to be his nature. he did not fit the part at all.
meryl just wasn't the lindy type. the movie potrayed them
both as being a nasty & argumentive couple where as they
did not appear that way in court or in there interview's &
yes i do see that this could just have been a front for the
media. after following the whole proceedure from start to
now i was disapointed with the movie. the women has mad a
fortune out of me over the years, i have brought every news
paper and magazine ever published with her name on it. and
just for the record yes i think she certainly had something
to do with the whole incident,if she didn't actually kill
azaria.

the movie wasn't too bad , but was called evil angels in
australia.

How long did it take for this movie to appear in America?
And why is it that so few people care of the atrocities
suffered by Lindy and Michael Chamberlain? This was a movie
that needed to appear as blunt as it basically is.
Australians believed for a time that an innocent couple
murdered their little 6 week old girl. Has this in itself
not the making for an interesting and inflammatory movie?
There are none amongst us who wishes to suggest that we
ever
thought Lindy Chamberlain was guilty. I remember all those
years back listening to the rumours that my parents friends
were happy to throw suggestions about the possibility of
the
two sons having something to do with Azaria's death. It is
movies that tell the real story that are worth the money
and
time spent. Whatever your thoughts on the performances in
the movie, the initial intentions of the director and of
course, Lindy Chamberlain were for the good of us all to
see
the possibilities of our w

I thought the movie was, for lack of a better word, moving.
I do not believe Lindy or Michael had a thing to do with
the death of their child, I think the evidence does point
to the dingo as the child's murderer. I loved the movie and
I think it did justice to the entire family... especially
baby Azaria. Whether or not the couple (Lindy and Michael)
were the squabbling type remains to be answered, but over
all, I think the movie did a fairly good job of telling the
story.

Merryl Streeps accent was too fake!!!!!

Saw the film ages ago. I did think at first that lindy may
have done it but as I read more and more of the evidence it
became obvious to most normal people that it was nearly
impossible that lindy did it. People not far from us were
there the night this happened and they heard the baby cry
after lindy returned to the group at the camp. I do believe
that someone covered up the babies remains, perhaps some
official who allowed these wild dogs to roam around the
campsites. The aboriginals all knew the baby had been taken
by a dingo or cross breed, they know more about the bush
than anyone else. It would be nice to know the truth though.

I have watched the film time and time again as I have
always been very interested in the subject of the death of
Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain, as well as the subject of
forensic pathology. For what it is worth, my opinion is
that Mrs Chamberlain could not possibly have committed the
crime. I have read "Through my eyes" the autobiography of
Mrs Chamberlain and I have to say that Mrs Chamberlain's
behaviour, as portrayed in the movie, seems in character -
she comes across in her book as argumentative and
determined to always be right, and Michael's behaviour is
also bizarre in some instances (but who am I to judge -
they went through hell: I think I'd be argumentative if I
went through that). When she describes Azaria's birth I
was amazed to read that she says she had been disappointed
that Reagan (her second son) was a boy as she desperately
wanted a girl. As a Christian woman, did she not see her
son as a gift from God? It is all very well to feel that
way, but to put it in print for all the world to see? How
must Reagan feel about that? She points out in her book
that certain scenes in the movie were not portrayed as they
had actually happened, the "invented" scenes contribute to
making them seem weird, argumentative and calculating. I
thought Ms Streep's accent was very good. Is there ever
going to be a sequel - something showing what happened in
prison and on Mrs Chamberlain's subsequent release. I
understand that the Chamberlains are now divorced, pressure
of media coverage anything to do with that. All
interesting fodder for a new movie. I truly believe that
Mrs Chamberlain is totally free of guilt and anyone who
disagrees should read her book.

Fascinating. A well-made and well-acted movie, but it was
not at all uplifting. It showed the worst of human nature,
the worst of the legal system, and the worst of the media.
The ugliness left me depressed, but again, it was an
excellent movie. The documentary-like approach was
effective. Lindy was innocent. I'd like to know what
became of the family.

For the previous posters who were interested in what became
of the chamberlain family. Lindy chamberlain went to live
in
America and married Rick Crieghton. She has recently
returned to Australia to live. She had custody of Regan and
Kahlia who chose to stay with her and the oldest son Aiden
stayed back in Australia with his father. Micheal
chamberlain also remarried and has a new little daughter
and
the last I heard was working for a newspaper. Aiden has
married his long time girlfriend and has an aprentership of
some sort.
it has been twenty years since this tradedy but I still
remember how it divided our country. Now I am looking
closely at the Jonbenet Ramsey case and wondering just why
it is that so many things get missed in the evidence
collecting department and these cases remain unsolved.

I saw this movie as a young girl, at a family function, and
it was interesting to hear points of view of older people
who
understood it better than I.
I thought Meryl Streep played the part of Lindy Chamberlain
very well, and Sam Neill was great as supporting actor.
The characters were taken on so well and it felt like
watching the real people playing themselves out on screen.
I gave it three stars, although I gave such a high remark
on
the actors.

The movie, as an earlier poster pointed out, was
called 'Evil Angels' in Australia. I didn't think the
movie was too bad, but Meryl Streep's accent was
atrocious! Australians still joke about how terrible it
was. Meryl Streep's a great actor, but they really should
have got an Australian to play Lindy Chamberlain's role.

It would take a very sick, demented and desperate person
to kill a nine week child, and Lindy is none of these. I
have had the extreme pleasure of being her sister-in-law
for 11 years now. If the people that are closest to her
can have faith in her innocence then so can the whole
world for that matter

I do not know where some of the information was obtained,
but Aiden has never been married, and as his Aunt I would
know these things. But Lindy, Rick, Kahlia, Regan, and
Aiden all reside in Australia; and have been for many
years now.

I picked up John Bryson's book when it came out in
the '80's and read it in one day. It was written in a
manner where one could see exactly why the Australian
people thought the Chamberlains were guilty - the actalone
plates (forgive the spelling), arterial spray, the cutting
of the jumpsuit with scissors, etc. were all presented as
factual evidence to the reader, and I was shocked to find
as the book went on that all of this *evidence* was totally
wrong. It really is hard to see how all of this could have
gone on without some collusion, given the original coroners
report that death had indeed been caused by a dingo, the
warnings that dingoes were becoming dangerous to humans at
Ayers Rock, and the evidence from witnesses at the campsite
who heard the dingo growl and saw their behavior. Another
small child had been threatened at the same time. I was
thrilled that Shepisi (?) was going to make a movie and
really pleased with the choice of actors. It's hard to say
living in the US, but from reading the book Sam and Meryl
seemed to me to be portrayed quite accurately, and I admire
Lindy very much for refusing to play games in order to make
people sympathetic to her. She apparently even refused to
let her lawyers follow up on trying to implicate Ayers Rock
personnel who were said to have moved or hidden the clothes
because they had felt responsible for encouraging and
feeding the dingoes. She didn't feel anyone else should
have to suffer by being dragged into something beyond
anyone's control. Admirable people - I don't know how they
withstood it all. Wonder if the Australians believe the
Chamberlains now after the killing of the 9-year old boy
and his 7-year old brother's mauling? Wonderful movie.

I must say that the first time I saw the movie it was in
1989, and I can honestly say that I still get goosebumps,
both Meryl and Sam, did outstanding jobs on playing the
parents of that poor sweet baby, I've since been following
up on the goings-on with the Chamberlains, and I was sad
to hear of the divorce, but I guess with so much horrible
stuff going on one could only expect that, anyway may God
Bless and Take Care of all of them.

I saw the movie for the first time last night -- I rented
it after reading an
article about Mr. Cole's admission and learning about the
whole incident for
the first time. I was only 13 in 1980 and was not aware of
the happenings.

I read some of the reviews and had to laugh that the
Australians think Meryl
Streep's accent was bad. As an American, it sounded pretty
darn close to me.
I have visited NZ and have neighbors from there and while
in NZ got to meet
some Australians (plus my kids LOVE the Wiggles) so I do
hear the accent
quite a bit. I am sure to a true Australian it is
terrible -- but I found it quite
convincing.

I have to say also that Lindy and Michael sure chose
beautiful names for all of
their children. It's a shame that their family had to
break apart after enduring
such injustice and sticking together to see their names
cleared completelyl. I
do wonder if the stress finally caught up to them or did
the divorce happen
after the money arrived? I don't mean that as a mean-
spirited question . . . I
am truly curious. It seems money does so much more harm
than good -- yet
we all chase after it and I would say they certainly EARNED
every penny of
what they got.

Why they had to get an American actress to play this role
is beyond me! Oh, wait a minute - it must have been for
overseas distribution - Aussies aren't good enough for
Hollywaood, perhaps..... I still cringe when I think of
the way Meryl Streep spoke and looked - she never once
convinced me she was Lindy. However, the film did
accurately portray the way the nation went into a sort of
psychosis at the time - you couldn't go to any social
function anywhere without people arguing for and against
the case. How Lindy has managed to forgive is a mystery
to me - I'd be after a few scalps if I had been treated
10% as badly as she was. What I find TOTALLY
incomprehensible is that she still believes in her God -
what sort of God would allow a devout and innocent
Christian to endure such horrors is competely beyond my
imagination.

I've never watched this movie, but i do have a good
understanding of what
happened to that poor baby girl Azaria. Reagan was very
lucky, as he was
next to Azaria when she was taken by the dingo, but i have
always wondered
why Lindy wasn't vigilent and kept the young baby safe and
protected next to
her when she has said that she saw a dingo; i know she
wasn't to know as
that's probably an everyday thing in Australia but still.
As they say hindsight
is a good thing. I don't think the parents were guilty so
don't hate, appreciate.
To think they would have gone to prison for life, for
something they didn't
even do is incomprehensible, thank god they were proven
innocent. People
should have some compassion, i mean in 1980 they had just
lost their baby
daughter in such a brutal, horrific way and look what they
had to go through.
Could you imagine having to go through that, losing your
baby in that way
and just constantly being condemned and not given a
chance?... No, didn't
think so; no-one should have to go through that. The whole
Chamberlain
family are very strong and all my admiration and respect
goes to them for
being able to get through that horrible time in their lifes
and moving on
somehow, i wish them a happy and peaceful life. Australia
should be
ashamed of themselves, the way the nation acted as a whole
was dreadful and
should never be forgotten tut tut, so it can never be
repeated. The media also
didn't help matters, they should have followed the rule:
innocent until proven
guilty, instead of jumping on the bandwagon. Disgraceful
behaviour for a
country that's seen as being fair. Certainly not their
brightest hour. Btw, Meryl
Streep's a darn good actress, nuff respect.

This is my favourite film of all time. Perhaps Meryl was
not as convincing as a real fair dinkum Aussie, but, let's
face it - without her this would have been just another
forgotten-about local movie.