Bad Best Friends - Der Tod vergisst nicht

Good grief, this movie was terrible!! It's hard to know which was worse, the script, the directing, or the acting. Actually, I feel like the actors may have been passable, but the over-the-top, melodramatic directing made this film so campy and dopey that it could literally be fodder for mockery in memes across the web.

I was interested in the film because the synopsis had elements that I liked in "Pretty Little Liars", sneaky, backstabbing friends trying to solve a murder of one of their besties.

The script relied on dense layers of exposition. At the big reveal scene, I was tempted to grab a yellow pad to diagram the plot so I could keep track of it all. But at that moment, I was far too distracted by the bombastic, heavy-handed, bigger than big "emotional" shouting scene between the characters. The acting in that scene was so completely over-the-top that I erupted into spontaneous belly- laughing. I doubt that was the intention of the scene. This movie had zero nuance at any level. The characters weren't cardboard cutouts, they were regurgitated clowns.

Why did I continue watching this film if it was so bad? I was playing a game of trying to predict each character's next line. I did really well… until everything came off the rails in the bizarre expositional ending showdown.

Very bad acting. Ridiculous story line. I feel like the script was written in an hour, and not much thought was put into it. Like others have said in their reviews, its ridiculous that the clues were out in the open but were never found for 10 years. I usually enjoy the cheese factor in Lifetime movies, but this one was too much. Did I mention the bad acting? The over the top facial expressions are ridiculous. It takes you out of the moment and distracts you from the story. The characters are trying to solve whether their friend was murdered or not. It's no surprise in the end who the murderer is. Surprise, its one of two characters who share most of the screen time.

Kind of lost a little credibility when they started talking about not being able to get student loans 🤣 By the time you're in high school, you know student loans are guaranteed, please tell me the writers know this too. Please don't ask why this stuck out in my head but I was like "WHAT???" So now I have to write 500 characters all because I just HAD to say this!! This movie was typical - I knew it was going to be one of the girls and Abby's video - when she acts so nonchalant about dying and "not being there later" - ugh 😩. I like the movie but not something I'll be watching again! What are people thinking- this is a comedy-horror and I was looking for horror lol.

Geez, this movie got a slamming from the reviewers , but I have to say that I really enjoyed it ! Yes , I know the acting wasn'nt top notch , but the plot was a good one . I always like a good " Who Dunnit ", and this was one that kept me guessing .

The location was good , and the characters were a good mix .

A few crazy situations , and a mad ending , but look , it kept my interest . It was way better than some other movies that I have seen lately .

Give it a chance .

By far the worst Lifetime movie - ever! Even worse acting and writing. It was painful to watch these so called actors whom they clearly hired based on availability vs acting ability didn't give a hoot about giving it their all. The writing was clearly done in record time- 1 whole day. If you see this on your TV screen, bypass and do so quickly. I'm disappointed in you Lifetime. Lately your movies suck and show poor quality writing and acting and seem to be put together in a week. Please go back to the core of Lifetime and show quality movies with quality acting and the dose of cheese you are known for.