Enough (2002)
Directed by Michael Apted
Working-class waitress Slim thought she was entering a life of domestic bliss when she married Mitch, the man of her dreams. After the arrival of their first child, her picture perfect life is shattered when she discovers Mitch's hidden possessive dark side, a controlling and abusive alter ego that can turn trust, love and tranquility into terror. Terrified for her child's safety, Slim flees with her daughter. Relentless in his pursuit and enlisting the aid of lethal henchmen, Mitch continually stalks the prey that was once his family.
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What critics compared Enough to
Like the Jennifer Lopez vehicle Enough (2002), Whannell’s film posits that the only genuine freedom lies in the protagonist counter-attacking and defeating her abuser, a narrative that carries a sour tinge of passive-aggressive victim-blaming.
Following their doubts, an abused partner eventually stands up to their abuser to the audience’s satisfaction: see 1944’s Gaslight to 2002’s Enough , with many other examples in between and beyond.