Tenderness (2009) on Netflix
Lt. Cristofuoro, a Buffalo detective, is certain that Eric Komenko, the teenager he arrested for killing his parents, will kill again once released. Lori, fifteen, keeps a scrapbook about Eric.
- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb5.4/108,580 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes40%
Trailer
Plot summary
Lt. Cristofuoro, a Buffalo detective, keeps his catatonic wife in a hospital and visits Eric Komenko, the juvenile he arrested for killing his parents. Eric is due to be freed on his eighteenth birthday. Cristofuoro is convinced the boy is a psychopath and that he killed two teenage girls in the past and will kill again. Lori, fifteen or sixteen, lives with her single mother. Her boss at the retail store and Gary, her mother's boyfriend, both make sexual advances toward her. She has a scrapbook devoted to Eric. News coverage of his release into his aunt's care brings her to his house, and she hides in the back of his car out of the rain and sleeps. Eric's weekend plan is a drive toward Albany, to meet a girl at an amusement park. Cristofuoro follows.
Cast
- Karina Colonas Juvenile Delinquent
- Ingrid Johnsonas Amusement Park Mom
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tenderness (2009)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Producers only convinced Russell Crowe to take on Tenderness after they expanded his role and gave his character a voiceover narration, according to a detail revealed on the film's DVD.
