Fatal Friends

Before she became a single white female searching newspaper ads for a new bestie and before she entered college with plans to morph into her roommates dead sister, she was the wrong girl and former mental nutjob with serious daddy issues. Yep. This has to be the prequel to The Roommate and Single White Female. The movie left me hanging because I'm really not sure if she lived, died, went to prison. I don't know. But that's okay because it left me with the option to keep her psycho going strong. I'd like to think that after she dusted off all the leaves and removed the tree bark embedded in her forehead, she went on to become Leighton Meester, where she zeroes in on Minka Kelly for yet another round of straight up psycho. After her girl on girl showdown date with crazy as hell suffers a major meltdown, she doesn't die like we all thought she did. That's because it's hard to kill crazy. Nope. She instead moves to the Big Apple where she comes into her own as Jennifer Jason Leigh. Here, she is free to go full on psycho-b**ch and step up her game with a little 50 Shades of Grey (public service style), a small matter of murdering a puppy or four, oh! and just as she did in college (as well as that time she pretended to be a high school student), she sleeps with her stalkee's boyfriend... and all before trying to murder her, of course. She even decided to bring back that awesome twin-thing idea that worked so well in high school and college! I mean, it went over quite splendidly back then, did it not? Why not go there again? Oh yes, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, especially after watching all three movies back to back. Try it. It'll be hours of insatiable comedic joy that you will always remember fondly! Kick back and celebrate the moments of your life.

I just have to write a comment as a pianist and piano teacher. If I had a piano student who had started at age 8 as Sophia did and was playing such simple pieces as a high school senior, I would be embarrassed. The pieces that she was playing could be played by a 2nd or 3rd year student. The waltz was both simple and mechanical. Really, do you think that playing those pieces could get you a scholarship to Juilliard? A Beethoven Sonata movement or some Chopin would have been nice and worthy of the accolades that she received.

Also, if the mother was a successful architect and they were able to live in a house with 3 garages, it is surprising that they did not have a grand piano in the house and that she had to do all of her practicing away from home.

I gave it a 5 as it was otherwise a captivating story. It was well acted.

This has got to be one of the most boring, predictable and nonsense films ever made. The classic "good" girl versus "crazy" girl stalker has been overdone far too many times but this time they decided to try and spice it up a bit by adding a music twist. The "good" girl is a budding classical music pianist and loves playing the piano in many partsof the film. Unfortunately, the classical music chosen is so slow and boring that it lulls you into a deep sleep. If that doesn't make you fall asleep, the pace of the film and some wooden acting, will. I've seen and heard much better.

What is the piece of piano music called that Ashley was constantly practising for her concert?

Before the opening credits, an institutionalized woman is electrocuted by someone we presume is the building's janitor. Classical piano plays as the credits roll and beautiful blonde Sarah Grey (as Sophia Allen) thrills her parents at a recital. As it turns out, Ms. Grey is lonely as well as beautiful. Hoping to attend Juilliard, she spends so much time practicing her piano pieces, Grey has little time for a social life. The church group friends mentioned do not appear. Neither does the church. Grey's loneliness is about to change. A new girl arrives at her high school. She is beautiful blonde Kirsten Prout (as Michelle Foley). Wearing a pair of dorky glasses to make her look less attractive, Ms. Prout takes an unusual interest in Grey. They quickly become "Fast Friends" (the working title), but you sense Prout is "The Wrong Girl". In fact, she may be a "Lifetime" TV movie psycho...

The only thing that could have saved this really, really stupid story would be a heavy dose of theatrical ham. Unfortunately, nobody is instructed to chew the scenery. Everyone is too distant. Director Jason Bourque and photographer Toby Gorman do best outdoors, with steady jogging and "pop quiz" lip-reading scenes. However, a chase scene involving police deciding to run after a bike-riding suspect, on foot instead of driving, is too absurd for words. Prout wearing glasses to look "plain" is like putting lipstick on a pig. While dressed to kill, Prout's an incredibly poor shot. Grey is stunning in her shorts. Prout and Grey are unconvincing in their roles as otherwise friendless high school teenagers. However, they sure look nice. Beautiful blonde architect mom Jamie Luner (as Ashley Allen) leads a subdued supporting cast. If "Beautiful blonde" was the only goal, they've scored.

*** The Wrong Girl (2015-5-16) Jason Bourque ~ Sarah Grey, Kirsten Prout, Jamie Luner, Nels Lennarson