A Vizinha Errada

As film fodder goes this is pretty diabolical from an acting and directorial perspective. How some of the 'actors' ever got the job is one of life's mysteries as you wouldn't see anything more wooden even if you studied an IKEA wardrobe. Characters were almost laughably stiff delivering excruciating well worn tropes. I only gave this calamity any stars at all for the unintended laughter it induced and for the goofy finale.

Maybe I'm old fashioned but when I see a film advertised with a star I like to see the star in that film. So I was attracted to the film because of Michael Madsen, this generations' Robert Mitchum. His breakout role in "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) was followed by "The Getaway" (1994), "Wyatt Earp" (1994), "Species" (1995), "Frankie the Fly" (1996), and then the two "Kill Bill" films.

Madsen shows up once in the first hour, with about 5 lines. He plays a swim coach. In the next hour he shows up a few more times and has a few more lines.

So if you're like me an attracted to the film because Madsen is the star, avoid this film. Even if you're not interested in Madsen, the film can be avoided

Horrible horrible excuse of a movie. You can't even call this stuff "acting. They must have been desperate at Lifetime to fill in some space. If you think you have any intelligence at all, stay away from this movie.

All I can say about this film, is there must be a factory in America that churns films out at an alarming rate. Only plus factor, is there were two British actors in the film, but they added nothing to the production.

This is an average psycho thriller. A pretty psycho woman targets a recently separated father. The cast is fairly likable and the lead actress is pretty and quite effective. The story could have been flushed out a bit more. Mainly some more explanation for the wackoness. Usually Lifetime reveals some reason or history for the villain's actions. Here it seems glossed over. It seemed rather dumb that the mother appeared without any weapon at the end. About average for the "wrong --" series of television movies.