Healing Hands

These reviews are hilarious. This movie is worth no more than 2 maybe 3 stars for effort.

From the very beginning the acting was laughable. The lead actress was talking so loud. Within the first few minutes I found myself asking the air, why is she so loud? She also sounds like she's reading her lines. Her and the actor who plays her husband, have absolutely no chemistry.

The father in the beginning was horrible and unbelievable as someone who was "interested" in her.

His daughter, the villain in this story is no better. Super unbelievable as the daughter living with mom wearing that hat. Yea, uh huh, ok. This 35+ year old woman is playing this I guess 20 something year old? What? It would have been better if she was maybe visiting mom, or if they had her living there, she could have dressed her age.

This movie is nothing new and very typical. An ok watch to get you by but definitely no must see here.

A girl poses as caregiver to avenge her fathers death. It's the same formula as The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. It is fairly interesting and it works.

The difference here is an autistic child. Other than that it's not too great.

Ok for one watch but not a must see.

What a great villain. Tess is so "perfect" for Mariah's family. In her secret psycho moments, she is a lot like Peyton from Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Norman Bates with her darker self that writes letters to her dead mother. After all, she has to avenge her parents' death because in her mind, Mariah is responsible for their deaths. Writing Quality/Character Development: Pretty good. Tess is quite sneaky and good at making things look accidental. The shots where she is alone, and we see her in all her wonderful psychosis, are intriguingly shot with strange screechy music and shots that billow and deflate cyclically. Values: The security of a marriage even in the face of temptation. A little boy wanting to expose the truth. Content (sex, language & violence): One scene of the beginnings of sex. No language. Some violence that makes you grab your own wrist (you'll see what I mean), and a couple of quick deaths. Scare Factor/Suspense: What is scary are the lengths Tess goes to to ruin the mom's life. The baloney in this one is that the cops say their hands are tied because Tess has "tenants rights", unwilling to listen to the couples' concerns. Outside of that, at least we have a husband who believes in his wife when she says that Tess is dangerous. And, we get a happy ending with this one.