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Synopsis: "Case 39" centers on an idealistic social worker who saves an abused 10-year-old girl from her parents only to discover that the girl is not as innocent as she thinks.
Director(s): Christian Alvart
Production: Paramount Studios
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
25
Rotten Tomatoes:
21%
R
Year:
2009
109 min
$13,248,477
Website
234 Views


I'm gonna get you out of there,

I promise.

Okay.

Hey, this is Doug, here it comes.

Hey, it's me,

thought you might be awake.

Just calling 'cause...

Well, I don't really know why I'm calling.

Call me if you get this, okay?

...proposal in Morton Township

has some residents...

Here we go golfers and shoppers...

Let's look at the crepe batter.

In order to make the crepe batter...

- Too late, I met someone else.

- Emily.

Lily? Are you okay?

- I'm scared.

- Why, honey? Why are you scared?

They're waiting to get me,

I can hear them.

- I'm sorry.

- Why are you sorry?

- I'm falling asleep.

- Okay, listen.

Go over and open the window.

Can you do that?

- I'm sorry.

- Lily? Lily?

- Yeah, Barron.

- Mike, it's Emily.

That girl that I told you about,

I think she's in a lot of trouble.

- Emily, you're going...

- No, I know what you said.

Mike, you're not listening! Help me!

- What are we doing here, Emily?

- Saving her life!

- They're asleep like we should be.

- They're not asleep.

- Did you hear that?

- I didn't hear anything.

Leave her alone!

No!

Let me out!

- Did you hear that?

- Police, open up!

Stop!

Break, break it down. Break it down!

Help me. Help me.

- Police!

- Lily!

Lily!

God! Oh, my God!

No! Help me!

Please, help me.

I got you, I got you, I got...

Okay. I got you.

What the hell's the matter

with you people?

I got you.

It's okay, honey. I got you.

It's okay. I got you.

The egregiousness of the crime makes

the competency question

all the more relevant.

I hereby order the defendants to

undergo psychiatric evaluation

to determine their fitness for trial.

Steal a pizza, San Quentin.

Try to kill your kid,

Freudian dream analysis.

You're gonna hate me for saying this

but my money's on crazy.

What kind of people

put their kid in an oven?

Bad people. Remember that

when people were just bad?

Before everything had a diagnosis

and a justification?

It's human nature.

What's the most important thing

that we talked about

that you have to remember?

It's not my fault what happened.

That's right. You know what? It's not.

Good. I'll see you soon.

- Hey.

- Hi.

That is some seriously proactive

social work happening there.

- You all right?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

- How's she doing?

- Typical reaction.

But she blames herself. We'll get there.

I'm gonna put her in a group setting,

see if I can get her to open up.

Group therapy for kids,

when am I going to get used to that?

- See you later. Okay.

- See you.

Hi.

Good news. They say you can

get out of here tomorrow.

Doug said I might have to go

to a state home.

Yeah, but it's only temporary,

till we find you a nice family.

Why can't I live with you?

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