Homecoming redux with a twist
This is a watchable movie. I've seen it before and watched it again tonight. The villain is over the top, campy, and delusionally deranged. Without all the makeup, Andrea (in prison) looks like Teri Hatcher. The movie has a fairly swift pace so there's not a ton of stupid from the protag, and we didn't have to wait the entire movie before Isabelle caught a clue. I did like that her husband was upset that she hired Andrea once he found out. I liked how their relationship was portrayed and that Lifetime didn't go the typical route of an affair or anything like that. This is a rare occasion where the villain hates both parties. The daughter was typical teenage dumb, and her parts were the most annoying. After a week, it made zero sense that she would bond with this stranger over not much at all. Especially since the entire movie, her mom tried her best to be there for her. This was also probably one of the most realistic examples of a spoiled child in this movie. She pouted nearly the entire time including finding out she would have a sibling. She was a real brat.
The climax scene at prom is all the camp we ask for from a Lifetime movie. The whole scene happened so fast and it would have been a nice touch if it was filmed in slow motion a la Carrie. I cracked up as history repeated itself.
I think the body count was too high for a campy movie like this. The husband in the beginning was really enough to show that she was unstable. The killing of the assistant and the other woman was excessive. Andrea was a bit of a hammy villain early on, but both deaths made her less entertaining.
The ending is kind of silly bc now she's never getting out of jail, but the jump scare was a nice touch (Jump scares get me every time no matter how cheesy). Also, I think it's hilarious that she has barrel curls and false lashes in prison. Lol!
This is a watchable movie. I've seen it before and watched it again tonight. The villain is over the top, campy, and delusionally deranged. Without all the makeup, Andrea (in prison) looks like Teri Hatcher. The movie has a fairly swift pace so there's not a ton of stupid from the protag, and we didn't have to wait the entire movie before Isabelle caught a clue. I did like that her husband was upset that she hired Andrea once he found out. I liked how their relationship was portrayed and that Lifetime didn't go the typical route of an affair or anything like that. This is a rare occasion where the villain hates both parties. The daughter was typical teenage dumb, and her parts were the most annoying. After a week, it made zero sense that she would bond with this stranger over not much at all. Especially since the entire movie, her mom tried her best to be there for her. This was also probably one of the most realistic examples of a spoiled child in this movie. She pouted nearly the entire time including finding out she would have a sibling. She was a real brat.
The climax scene at prom is all the camp we ask for from a Lifetime movie. The whole scene happened so fast and it would have been a nice touch if it was filmed in slow motion a la Carrie. I cracked up as history repeated itself.
I think the body count was too high for a campy movie like this. The husband in the beginning was really enough to show that she was unstable. The killing of the assistant and the other woman was excessive. Andrea was a bit of a hammy villain early on, but both deaths made her less entertaining.
The ending is kind of silly bc now she's never getting out of jail, but the jump scare was a nice touch (Jump scares get me every time no matter how cheesy). Also, I think it's hilarious that she has barrel curls and false lashes in prison. Lol!