The Surrogate

I honestly don't understand why people review Lifetime films as though they're supposed to be the same quality as Sunset Boulevard or Citizen Kane. All the "it's so bad" reviewers need to get a clue. Lifetime films are the equivalent of flimsy romance novels or pulp thrillers. They're simple escapism. This movie does just what it sets out to... it's a distraction from the world's problems and the performances and twists were great. This was a fun Lifetime-quality thriller.

Before the opening credits, an attractive young woman has a terrible fight with an older man. She kicks him in the goody holders and drives away… After the credits, we meet cute college professor Cameron Mathison (as Jacob Kelly). He is obviously not the man in the opening. Also a famous novelist, Mr. Mathison is happily married to attractive realtor Annie Wersching (as Allison). Due to health and age concerns, Ms. Wersching is unable to bear children. She has, luckily, one viable frozen embryo left in the fridge. The only thing left for Mathison and Wersching to do is find a surrogate for their baby. This being a "Lifetime" TV movie, you know what that means...

Drooling over Mathison, Amy Scott (as Katherine "Kate" Randall) maneuvers her way into a job at the college. The young woman we meet in the violent opening minutes, Ms. Scott is determined to be selected as "The Surrogate" and carry Mathison's child. Surrogate mothers are marvelous foil for psycho TV movie women. This story follows a predictable formula, but adds some events you're not likely to predict, especially during the last minutes. A pregnant woman shown "water breaking" has become acceptable viewing on US TV, but director Doug Campbell and his crew top it off with an astonishing and wacky look at what could possibly follow that function.

***** The Surrogate (1/1/13) Doug Campbell ~ Cameron Mathison, Amy Scott, Annie Wersching, Matthew Alan

The girl with the baby is the creepiest character I have ever seen on TV or the movies! She is an ugly little creep! She plays that role so good I bet there are thousands of people who would like to strangle her if they could! A HORROR MOVIE!

The Surrogate is a fantasy where people act like aliens logic is thrown out of the window and murder is so easy a utter piece of trash do not watch.

Me and my friend settled down to watch a creepy movie and we happened upon this one. We decided to watch it and OH HOW I WISH WE HADN'T! It was really bad. There were small plot gaps that I couldn't think up an explanation for, there were also long, LONG, breaks between scene changes. The ending was also REALLY REALLY BAD. Me and my friend will be watching it again but only b/c we want to laugh at it some more, however, if that is what you're looking for then look no longer!