The Wrong Crush

If you've seen any of the Lifetime "Wrong" movies, you know you can't expect much- they all follow a pretty predictable format. However, this one is exceptionally bad because the characters just aren't interesting. Moreover, there's no solid reasoning behind the "bad guy's" obsession. It attempts to be deep but it really isn't, and the foundation it builds itself on (the protagonists's backstory) isn't explored deeply enough to make the audience care.

Really boring Lifetime movie. The plot was stupid. The acting was quite poor.

I'm five minutes in and the grown up daughter sees a man in a hoodie stalking her on the property. She doesn't bother about it. Doesn't even give it a second thought.

Shortly after that, we see her mom supposedly working at a nursing home trying to spoon feed pureed peas to a resident. The resident is so healthy and alert that she could obviously feed herself and could've probably run the kitchen.

Then, a minute after that, the mother and daughter have an encounter about their poor communication. The mother tells the daughter she can't answer her cell phone because she works at a nursing home!

I now will have to answer the question as to whether my review contains spoilers. What a joke! Oh my goodness. How shall I answer?!?

I was distracted for a few minutes typing this, but I'm back watching this crapfest. Now there is an actress who is obviously 28 years old unhappy because she didn't break the national record in some track event in practice, and her supposed coach who looks to be exactly her age acting like he has no idea how to coach. I guess not being able to coach and not being able to act were prerequisites for the role.

I just got lucky! The program went on commercial break and I learned about Lysol, Doritos, TrueCar, Colonial Penn, and a bunch of dermatitis and incontinence products!

Oops, now back to the show where the main character is a now a complete wreck of an alcoholic who dared her friend to death and got put on probation for it!

I can't go on. It's time I do something better than watch this, like drill my own teeth.

I LIKED IT BECAUSE IT WAS A GOOD TV MOVIE NOT OVERLY DRAWN-OUT STRAIGHT TO THE POINT BUT A LITTLE MYSTERY 👍🏽 IT WAS JUST AS A TV MOVIE SHOULD BE.

This film's title is rather misleading, as the plot centers around a teenage girl named Amelia being framed for drug dealing. Amelia is particularly vulnerable to this frameup since she's a former addict.

It's a good plot concept for this sort of movie, allowing for dramatic exploration of the struggles faced by drug users even after they go clean, along with the usual heavy doses of mystery and romance. Unfortunately, the potential is dashed to the rocks by a flat, lifeless script which at times seems to be trying its hardest to make the viewer feel ambivalent about the characters.

The best example of this is the scene where Amelia's mother refuses to believe her. We should be able to sympathize with both characters here, especially after it comes up that Amelia has lied to her mother about being off drugs before. Indeed, given how Amelia's mother is used in the film's resolution, we're obviously meant to sympathize with both characters here. But the mom's dialogue is so viscous, senseless, and completely lacking in emotional warmth that only a sadist could sympathize with her. She all but cracks a satisfied smirk when her daughter breaks down into tears.

There's still enough B-movie drama in the actual plot to make this tolerable viewing. But it's not recommended viewing by any stretch of the imagination.