Custody | |
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Written by | Kathy Kloves, Mary Herczog |
Directed by | Nadia Tass |
Starring | Rob Morrow Kay Panabaker James Denton |
Music by | Kari Kimmel and Chris Hajian |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Sky Cinema / Lifetime |
Cinematography | David Parker |
Running time | 96 minutes |
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Variety said, "While Custody isn’t necessarily bad, then, it’s so inconsequential as to fail the test inherent in the story itself — namely, if somebody tried to take this movie away, it’s hard to imagine anybody petitioning to stop them." [3]
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