Die verlorene Tochter

This is a low-budget tv movie that holds on to the suspense to keep the audience focused and it is successful in that in fact. Though, the dialogues are weak and the flow could be more elaborate. I do not think it is stereotypical and rather the movie highlights that one captures the good and the evil at the same time and that time sometimes matters a lot.

If you like Lifetime movies, you'll enjoy this one. No, it's not a '10'....but no, it's not a '1'. Anyone who says it's a '1' is lying, I assure you of that. There's nothing to get annoyed about; it's a good movie. Family drama, politics, scandal, accusations, sex, jealousy, etc....it's the type of Lifetime movie we all love. It doesn't hit the emotions enough to go above a '6' rating for me....but it had a good story with interesting twists & turns.

Elizabeth Marshall (Paige Turco) is the DA running for Governor of Pennsylvania. Lucy Pierce (Brittany Allen) claims to be her stolen baby Victoria. A DNA test confirms it. The other daughter Terri (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) is suddenly cast as the black sheep of the family with Lucy as the perfect daughter. Lucy is also good for the campaign. It becomes a story of jealousy, revenge, and political trickery.

At first, I assumed this to be another rather whatever Lifetime drama. Lucy is the good girl and Terri does crazy jealousy stuff. It ends in a murder attempt. Blah. Blah. Blah. I have to say I did not see the twist coming. It's great. They really got me. The ending's wrong and that kinda sucks. With more drama in the first half and a better darker ending, this could be a fun thriller drama. It isn't able to exceed its Lifetime DNA but the stolen baby mama gave it a good idea.

There are too many twists and turns for its own good. At first I was quite relieved the woman who gets back her kidnapped baby girl years later isn't getting an imposter - too many of those from Lifetime. Then there are twists galore as someone is sabotaging the girl who is a teacher. Is it the jealous sister or is it the mothers rival politician? About 2/3 through got bored. You kind of know who it is from the beginning but then they throw a couple of red herrings.

Not one of the better ones.

Another movie directed by a male with weak, stereotypical female characters that capitalize on sexist themes. The writing is horrible and the movie was a waste of time I will never get back.