The Wrong Girl

A Lifetime "television for women" TV movie with all you'd expect from a cheesy movie aimed at women/moms with teenage or 20-something sons. The movie does have a train-wreck aspect to it in that once you start looking at it, you may have difficulty looking away.

The movie's strong characters are all female of course (remember this is television For Women), the mom (Barbara Mandrell) and the girlfriend. The girlfriend is played by a cute actress from the TV show JAG. The dad is a wooden character who may as well be a picture on the wall for the few dumb lines he's given. Much the same can be said for the older brother. Nothing terribly original, but if you want to kill some time and can TiVo through the commercials so you don't waste a full two hours, you may get hooked.

Quite a neat little thriller, albeit carrying its fair share of clichés, about a mysterious girl who comes to stay and won't go away. Zoe Mclellan is suitably weird as the interloper and Jonathan Scarfe supplies a believable portrayal of the ingenuous, vulnerable boyfriend. There are some nice moments of tension along the way, but the denouement is rather pat and unsatisfying.