meryl streep be excellent in her nuanced and stoic performance a the infamous lindy chamberlain who be accuse and try for allegedly kill her own baby azaria chamberlain and use her alibi of ravenous dingo a her defense . base on the book evil angel and title so in it australian release and a cry in the dark be an ugly film to watch . it present a scenario that all too real for u in america represent the witch hunt against a person deem an easy target . lindy chamberlain be this woman . be someone who speak her mind and someone who do not play the sympathy card and and someone who be just tough enough to move on with her life despite her horrific ordeal and she be label a suspect and hat beyond comprehension even when it be clear she do not kill her own child . the medium begin a tightening noose and a progressive invasion of privacy that soon have the entire nation glue to their set a they eviscerate this family piece by piece . and through it all and lindy remain as stoic a ever and even when her husband michael be fall apart . this stance and of course and be the power of strength and as unsympathetic a it may look like and and people happen to react strongly to that . they want to see a distressed mother cry and weep and occasionally faint at every turn and not sit there and look blank . people do not understand that not everyone grieve the same way and when someone decide to stand strong they begin speculation . meryl streep embodies this tainted woman to the hilt and in do so create a cold and but not unfeeling woman and one that stood by her conviction even if they cost her liberty . because of her and sam neill be allow to have his character slowly dissolve into despair someone have to and or the chamberlain would be too detach and and no one want to see that . except the monster that have at the time of this write become the news medium . they will always eat train wreck up and fee the mangled manure to the uninformed public .