WHEN THE RULES DON?T WORK AND A CHILD IS A STAKE?ONE TEACHER RISKS EVERYTHING. Through love, patience and extraordinary commitment, a teacher breaks down the barriers of silent aggression and ?tames? a highly disturbed chi... more »ld in this superbly-acted drama. Six-year-old Caitlin vandalizes property, smears excrement on walls and attacks other children, causing them devastating injuries. She has been branded psychotic and seems doomed to a life behind bars in a mental hospital. But, beneath this devilish exterior lies a very different character: a charming child of near-genius intelligence. And, when Caitlin joins Maggie Barnard?s special education class, Maggie refuses to give up on the child, whom everyone else has abandoned ? even if it means challenging the law. Starring CATHY LEE CROSBY (Intimate Strangers, The Player), and child actress ASHLEE LAUREN, JOHN GETZ (A Day Without a Mexican, The Fly) and GARY FRANK (Death in Small Doses).« less
Shayna T. (ShaynaT) from SUPPLY, NC Reviewed on 12/5/2014...
This is such a beautiful; heartwarming story. If you want that feel good feeling and have your heart soar with joy, than check out 'Untamed Love'.
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Shirl P. (busfaretokentucky) Reviewed on 11/6/2014...
Well acted by Cathy Lee Crosby and especially Ashlee Lauren( who plays Caitlin the little girl. Very thought provoking movie and it was well done and I enjoyed it.
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Movie Reviews
WONDERFUL MOVIE!!
Adorem | 05/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A woman who believes in a troubled child must go against the law in order to help her in this made-for-TV drama, inspired by a true story. Six-year-old Caitlin is a deeply disturbed child whose violent and disruptive behavior prevents her from attending school or day care with other youngsters. However, Special Education teacher Maggie Barnard senses that there is a great intelligence in Caitlin, and she believes Caitlin can be taught if someone can find out how to reach her. However, not everyone Maggie works with agrees with her assessment, and as she attempts to break through the walls of anger and abuse that surround Caitlin's mind, she must also do battle with a system that sometimes does more harm than good to kids.
This is such a well done movie and is a movie that you find yourself watching again and again,theres just something so good about it!"
"BASED ON A TRUE STORY, untamed love is about a 6-year old girl who vandlises property,sets other kids on fire and looks for affection. When caitlin eldrige is put into a class of kids, everything turns out worse, she won't have the teacher touching her or she kicks up, and throws pencils in the classroom. Her teacher, maggie is doing everything to help her and refuses to let her to go into care as she recovers love and affection from maggie. When the other kids begin to like caitlin, she becomes over what has happened and turns out to be a normal kid. GREAT FILM."
A story of a disturbed child-Excellent!
kat1990 | staffordshire,England | 07/08/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I saw it on the television a couple of years ago. I loved it! About a young, very disturbed child who attacks other children, vandalises etc. As the child is put into a special needs class at school her teacher realises how hard it is to handle her and cope with her being in her classroom. Social workers decide its best to put her in care due toher behaviour. Anyway, as her school teacher begins to see a difference in her, how she comes out as a bright young child. She will do anything to keep her in her class, determined to help her and stop her from being put into care!
The two begin to bond very well and wont give up on the child!"
Don't Bother - Thumbs Down
Reviewer | North American Continent | 08/17/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This film was a poor knock off of the book with inaccurate portrayal of actual events. Maggie was annoying instead of the heroic figure the movie tried to make her seem. John Getz was a sulky drag. Find the book and read it instead. This movie insults the book.
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Untamed Love
Terri | Crescent City, California United States | 08/09/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This was a made for television movie that I saw as a teen, and thought it was good. I bought this movie, and I still think it's good. Kathy Lee Crosby plays the teacher, Maggie, and does a wonderful job. She lives with her boyfriend, and Kathy Lee is a special education teacher at a public school. One day she gets a new student, Caitlin, played by Ashlee Lauren, and she's a trouble child that was left by her mother at a young age, by abandonment. She ties her to a fence on the freeway and never comes back for her, so she's raised by her poverty stricken father, who is so poor he can't afford clothes and proper things for little Caitlin. She is only six years old, and she's is evil. She vandalizes property, smears excrement on walls and attacks other children in the classroom. The state has branded her as psychotic. When Maggie tests Caitlin, she realizes how smart she is, and finds that she is way above her age level. With love from her teacher, and patience, she turns herself around, and becomes a more "tamed child", and can function properly in class. Just when Caitlin is doing so well in school, she gets molested by her father's friend while in his care. Caitlin then has a major setback, but is so loved by her teacher, she comes around and survives the ordeal. Maggie does such an awesome job with Caitlin that she even challenges the law to help her be educated. This is a true story about what a person can do for someone else they feel is worth the time and effort. Because of this teacher, Caitlin got to live a normal life and be put into a normal classroom in just one year."