Un inquiétant portrait de famille

Horrible casting, even Sigorny Weaver knows how to play a grandmother with brown hair. Story was weak but the cinematography was very satisfactory. That's the reason I gave it 7 stars.

Why does the grandmother not look like a grandmother? She doesn't have to look like granny Clampett, but at least give her some gray hair. Overall, somewhat entertaining despite the less than stellar acting. Unlike every other Lifetime type movie where all the woman constantly drink wine, our heroine here actually drank water! Why would the Brad Pitt looking guy ever question the grandmother why she is visiting the granddaughter when it's late? That seemed dumb. The bathroom scenes were way overdone. Too much curiosity about how each other are doing in there. Too many times they startled each other when the door opened. The acupuncture dialogue was amusing.

What I like about this movie is the attractive Polly Bergen-type granny. And that's about all. The stop-start, startle-each-other moments are a bit overdone. The overly-dramatic scary music fit for a monster's appearance comes down like a sledgehammer at every twist & turn. Pregnant Samantha won't drink wine but she eagerly takes a cup of strong exotic tea? As I said, I love Polly Bergen, so when the granny is on camera it's at least interesting to watch.

Just bad. The acting is stiff and awkward, the writing is bad, the best part of it is the grandmother and even her lines are less than convincing. The storyline is weak and I literally couldn't care less about any of the characters, none of them are really that likeable or have much personality. They're just boring people with boring lines I'm afraid.

Older ladies behaving badly is a fun and entertaining trend. This one is quite over the top with the body count quite high. A woman pretends to be the grandma of a woman who lost her mom recently. Friends and loved ones are sceptical. It's quite fun as she insinuates herself into her victims life. Not a lot of explanation for the psycho behaviour though. The other recent similar Lifetime thriller "Killer Grandma" was slightly better.