Stalked by My Doctor: Patient's Revenge

The third installment in the 'Stalked By My Doctor' series is probably the most engaging one yet, largely by virtue of being the nuttiest. Sure, there are some thought-provoking parts here and there, but by now it should be clear that these tales aren't really out to enlighten or move you; they're mainly just around to provide some thrills.

In a nutshell, the vindictive Sophie Green (a riveting Brianna Chomer), original target of the wacky Dr. Beck, flips things by stalking him this time. Standing in her way is Beck's newest love interest, Melissa, a smitten student at the school where Beck now teaches.

One of the most jarring things about this film is the rise of psycho Sophie. Gone is the meek girl from the first tale. In her place is a cunning vixen who'll stop at nothing to take Beck down. This is a nice bit of character development that leads to some fun action scenes, especially during the clashes between Sophie and Melissa (who's well played by the talented Anna Marie Dobbins). Plus, Eric Roberts is always excellent in the role of Dr. Beck, a complex guy who seemingly wants to reform, but still has a few naughty tricks up his sleeve.

Naturally, certain parts were less impressive than others. Without giving too much away, the ending disappoints due to the creators teasing a twist that they ultimately don't have the guts to go through with. Instead, we get an entirely different twist, via some exposition that, frankly, comes across as absurd (even for this series). This actually reminded me of a similar ending in an unrelated 'Stalked By' film, which also pretended to be chaotic, then went conventional. Simply put, conventional gets dull sometimes.

Still, this is a fascinating addition to the series, and an intriguing tale overall.

It's ridiculously bad but I feel like it's maybe on purpose? Eric Roberts and his "double" is absolutely ridiculous. He also struggles with his dentures the whole time, any time he speaks that was all I could hear. Seemed like he just got fitted for them or something and couldn't figure out how to speak without sounding like he had a mouth full of cotton lol.

This was another very good installment in this series. One nice touch that Lifetime has in this series is each movie is a little different from its predecessors. They're not following a template but modifying it each time to make it have new interesting angles, twists and turns.

The alter ego with the tropical shirt and the tropical drink was a nice change of pace, much better than when gazoo came on the Flintstones. The musical/dancing scene in this movie was just hilarious. I utterly laughed out loud at that. So brilliantly juxtaposed against the dark theme of the movie.

They did a nice job explaining the transition from the first movie to this one, although they bypassed what happened in the second movie.

Eric Roberts continues to shine in this role. I look forward to watching the next two movies.

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My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very Good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A Classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.

I don't care what the critics say I actually like those cheesy Stalked by my Doctor movies..I am kind of excited to see this new one ..

I dont get the bad reviews. This is 100% tongue-in-cheek. A mixture of drama, romance and most definitely wacky humour. I loved this. I was entertained throughout..