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This is nothing special but I will give credit to the writers for some decent level of originality. The story is about a pretty mom named Agatha Sayers (played by Emmanuelle Vaugier) who is a writer of mystery/romance novels when all of a sudden her world turns upside down when someone takes the words from her written pages verbatim and kidnaps her daughter.

The suspense is void in this film but just like when you drive by a bad car accident.....everyone slows down and you just have to look at the carnage with your own two eyes. I knew this made for TV movie was not going to be good so no surprise there, and the ending.....well let's just say I won't remember this film for very long.

I give it a 5 out of 10 rating

True story, I actually created an account just so I could leave a review! That's how bad this movie is. I actually created an account to leave a bad review!

Even for a bad TV movie, this thing hit an all time low. Bad acting, Gastly wig, horrible plot, bad twist ending, ridiculous keystone cop type figures, I mean wow! Who the heck was in charge of this thing? Save your time and watch something fun like paint drying on a wall.

With how terrible the outrageously overacting is, combined with the playground-level soap opera dialogue, and the ridiculous casting you'd think this were a self-aware parody. Except it's not. Or it's not meant to be.

THE CAST: You have a cast that all look about the same age playing middle-age parents to middle-age children, a hulking bodybuilder with long shaggy hair we're meant to believe is a college professor (who later turns into a special needs "Doofy" from "Scary Movie"), a captive daughter making the oddest facial expressions to display panic, a villainess who villains with the subtlety of a cartoon, and I guess Emmanuelle Vaugier doing what she can with what's given.

THE RIDICULOUSNESS: -- The pair of detectives who show up to work the missing daughter case are ALSO the detectives working the homicide case of the deaths in the film.

-- The daughter is abducted by an intruder who is already inside of her small dorm room AFTER she answers a knock at her door made by that same intruder.

-- The Doofy professor secretly photographs everyone WHILE standing out in the open.

-- Even the villainess blonde stands out in the open across the street of a diner the author & detective are in, staring as if she can hear their conversation.

-- The author thinks to coerce the kidnapper into moving her daughter to another location of her choosing (with a live feed camera set up identical to before).

I know this is melodrama so it is meant to be exaggerated heightened drama, but wow does this movie make no effort to be watchable.

Ms. Hobbs wig was so distracting, I was unable to concentrate on the rest of the movie. Turned it off after 30 or so minutes. So disgusted with wasting my time, wanted to share my mistake so the general public doesn't have to experience their eyes burning.

I will keep this short , because all the reviews have said what there is to be said.

Both the script and the actors were absolutely attrocious ! ( and so was the wig ! )

Actually the plot was not a bad one, and had it been in the hands of different producers/director /writers it might have worked .

But the standard of each of those was so bad, it was bordering on comedy! Perhaps that is what this movie was meant to be and that I missed the point ? .............................

I wonder are Emmanuelle Vauyer and the rest of the cast still cringing with embarrassment ?

Terrible Awful The wig

Mum and daughter same age ? Lol

Don't bother with this rubbish

Don't even waste your time watching this movie. The acting is awful. What mother (parent) doesn't shed a tear or even look upset when they find out their daughter (child) has been kidnapped.

The acting by all cast was so bad! Storyline makes no sense! Do not waste your time watching this movie!

This was the usual LMN thriller with the usual twists and turns, leading to a not surprising ending....

However, as the other reviews have noted, the WIG seemed to steal the show....it should have been given cast credit!!!!

5/10.

I've watched some dross recently but nothing - NOTHING - has been as abysmal as this ?. I only watched it beacuse Emmanuelle Vaugier's in it, and seeing as I like her, I stupidly thought it might be semi-decent but boy, was I wrong !

The conclusion I came to after watching this is that Emmanuelle Vaugier desparately needs a new agent - one who DOESN'T hate her !

On Lifetime, if something so distracting isn't explained to the audience, the villain is who you think it is. The wig on the character in question is SO BAD that it's obvious. It looks too big for the actress' head and it's shiny, like when heat touches material it shouldn't.

The overarching premise is fine with the book seemingly being played out, but this movie drags on. I am not one that turns my nose down to tv movies (major motion are mostly terrible also), but this is missing something. Emmanuelle is a good actress and I usually will watch her movies, but I got tired of waiting for her character to realize who she couldn't trust.