A Mother's Suspicion

What a load of absolute rubbish. Good story, BAD acting.

Polish actress Paloma Kwiatkowski plays college freshman Emily Yates who keeps mostly to herself and suffers from depression, but her mom Jill (Lindsay Hartley) is concerned that she may resent her boyfriend Conner (Dan Payne) and as it turns out, Emily has secretly started dating this psycho blonde haired guy named Gary and if that isn't a good thing, Gary's violent temper gets someone killed and he loves using guns! Emily is DEFINITELY blinded by her own love for him and they both get in trouble with the law. Keep watching this movie because the plotline gets a little silly culminating in a pretty interesting 'on the edge of your seat' foot chase through a forest, but we have the basic building blocks in place with lots of bits built around it so we have the troubled daughter, the protective mother, the troublesome boyfriend and of course some things which don't quite add up. I've re-watched the forest chase scene over and over again because that's the only good action scene in the movie.

A young couple chain themselves to a light cement block and hold hands on a bridge, overlooking some dangerous water. Apparently, they jump. Six months earlier, we meet sourpuss Paloma Kwiatkowski (as Emily Yates). The 18-year-old college freshman is sullen most of the time, leading her lawyer mother Lindsay Hartley (as Jill) to believe Ms. Kwiatkowski may be off her medication. Kwiatkowski is depressed and has an aversion to water (or, she did, previous to the opening teaser). One thing that we see cheering Kwiatkowski up is bad blond boyfriend Jedidiah Goodacre (as Gary Smith). A handsome young security officer, Mr. Goodacre works better than medication. When they meet, Goodacre turns off Ms. Hartley with his bad table manners...

Directed by Paul Shapiro and written by Stephen Lyons, this is a very predictable "Lifetime" TV drama. They handle the assignment successfully. The basic plot, which has been recycled many times, reinforces the demographic viewers' perception that a daughter's boyfriend is usually bad news. To compare and contrast, mother Hartley is given handsome new bed-partner Dan Payne (as Connor Hodges). The younger couple steal the show by offering a nice variety of nasty, sullen, moody, pouty and scowling looks. Hartley is out to there. Of the supporting players, police officer brother James Pizzinato (as Ritchie Smith) shows a good range; when he over-telegraphs, it's due to a lingering camera. The movie is full of stupidity, but it is fun to watch.

***** Dying to Be Loved (4/16/16) Paul Shapiro ~ Lindsay Hartley, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Jedidiah Goodacre, Dan Payne

I didn't like the story at all I mean think about it she's a lawyer yet she's going about doing all this stuff without telling anybody about it, except the Man's brother who she suspects. Sometimes I cannot watch shows because it's just so ridiculous she's on the phone with the man yet she doesn't tell him where she is. The movie is almost over yet still I feel I just want to turn it off because it's so typical what's going to happen

Really crappy story, everything was so predictable and clichéd, fights were dull and clues ridiculously stupid. Don't recommend. Bad acting too