L'ombre d'un fils

Thriller of this kind with story is good attempt but I think it is hard to met audience appetites and this kind of horror just too not horror.

A film giving nothing. Except the effort of Eric Osborne to give a realistic portrait of a sociopath with a decent result. Or the try of Andrea Roth to make a realistic role of mother against a story far to be reasonable. Short- all is familiar and too predictable. And used in awful manner. Except good intentions and a lot of cliches, nothing to say because the good parts are fake and the desire to create the atmosphere is falling.

A family grieving the loss of their son takes in a boarder. He's creepy but helpful. The mom likes him but sis and dad are suspicious. There isn't much of an explanation for the creepy behavior or a twist.

Not memorable.

This was one of the better Lifetime movies. Strong cast, Andrea Roth was very good in this. She played the role of a grieving and at the same time vulnerable mother perfectly. She was backed by good performances by Tygh Runyan and Katie Douglas (husband and daughter). This is the third movie I have seen Katie in, the other two being Level 16 and Believe Me: the Abduction of Lisa McVey, in both of which she shined. Eric Osborne also did well portraying the psychopath. I have seen him in two other movies, Do or Die: A Killer Arrangement and PyeWacket, he was ok in both.

Anyway, like I said this was a good Lifetime movie, with a good soundtrack and clear audio. And I did not find the story far-fetched or that something like this would not happen in real life. The only puzzling thing for me is if their son died a year ago, and it took a whole year for them to decide to rent out their spare room to a college student, what was Brandon doing the whole year for this opportunity to happen?

Still though, it's a good watch!

The film has a good plot but it lacks of some things like good actors (except the antagonist) and a development that is too much predictable.

However it's not completely awful and if you want to see something not really heavy, it's a good choice.

Just you I know, it's a thriller not an horror.