Perfect Plan

Cute, sexy, quirky and feminine all in one...what's not to love about a naive character with all those attributes? Mix in an interesting plot and a few thrills and you have yourself a winner. I recommend this, especially fun to watch on a cold rainy or snowy evening.

Here we go: a Lifetime movie that left me feeling unsatisfied, and quite honestly, mad. It's become a pattern. I really wasn't expecting to be disappointed, because the storyline of this film did sound intriguing: Chicago realtor Lauren (Emily Rose) is unfortunately trying to make sales in a housing market that couldn't be any more dismal. In fact, the lack of buyers results in so much boredom at work, that her colleague spends most of her time reading romance novels. One day a man named Sean Crawford (Lucas Bryant) enters the office, and offers to buy a mansion that's located on the Gold Coast. As the film progresses, she discovers that the sellers were murdered, and the owners are scam artists, which leads her to being used to mask the crime. I love stories that have drastic turn of events, but this turned out to be nothing like what I thought it would. I've noticed the characters in these movies get themselves into dangerous situations because of their own stupidity. All of that could've been avoided if she didn't do business with him after he inquired if she wanted to have sex with him. Okay, that wasn't his first question - he asked if she would like to go out for dinner. She tells him she has a boyfriend, and they live together. But he doesn't stop with the romantic advances. He actually has the nerve to say 'so you would consider sleeping with me to get the listing?' To which she replies 'I mean I might, would it work?' She does decline his offer, but then he leaves flowers on her desk the next day, and she has a positive reaction. That's when I turned the movie off. How rude of him to request something like that, and then she wasn't the slightest bit offended. I would've been like I know you did not just ask me that. Plus the guy looked all sinister, and she was getting excited over him surprising her with flowers? That is such bs! I could tell this movie was written by a man. It makes women look desperate and stupid. If you're a woman, and you're propositioned for sex in exchange for something by a person on your job - coworker, client, or customer - please report them! That's sexual harassment and it shouldn't be tolerated. Shame on the filmmakers for trying to make it seem like that's acceptable. I'm done with Lifetime movies. The majority of them are garbage.

The real estate market is tanking and realtor Lauren Baker (Emily Rose) is struggling. It doesn't help that her writer boyfriend Francois doesn't work. Sean Crawford comes in looking for an agent to sell his family mansion which he co-owns with his sister Rebecca. With her partner Maddie, Lauren is able to sell the coveted Chicago address for cash. Then news of the murder of the real Crawford siblings on the Appalachian Trail arrive. It's a scam and the real Garrett Crawford claims the mansion. The situation for Lauren is dire and even Francois leaves her.

This could be a murder mystery but it spends half of the movie exploring the excitement of a real estate deal. It needs to get to the reveal of the scam quicker. It needs to get to the heart of a thriller sooner. Once the investigation starts, Lauren should pair together with Garrett. This plays like a lower level TV thriller. There's no reason why that thug would leave Lauren alive. It's not the worst movie out there but I can't give this a passing grade.

This could've been a really good movie. But the people who cast this movie used FOUR almost identical actors in different roles. It was so confusing. All FOUR had black hair, the identical build and the same height. Why couldn't someone on the production team change the hair color of a couple of these guys to blonde or redhead or change hairstyles so the viewers could tell the difference between the men? Even their hair styles were alike or similar!

I guess the casting 'experts' couldn't find FOUR identical quadruplets to play the FOUR roles.

The same goes for the female actors. Two were brunette and we couldn't figure out who was the good one and who was the bad one.

The movie is very sloppy. I don't know if they had to edit out a lot of scenes that would have made this movie make more sense or not. I know a lot of things can happen in post production. But if that's where the blunders occurred then that's the fault of the producers/directors.

I checked this out because Rose & Bryant were so good together in Haven. The story had the potential to be a really good film but the music is so terribly mismatched to the plot. If you're feeling like you've run out of Prime, watch this but honestly, put on an episode of Haven instead. More mystery, more fun.