Jalousie entre voisines

I've seen a lot of Lifetime movies. They are hit and miss. "The Neighbor in the Window" is somewhere in the middle. It was an okay watch. It's just that there was nothing that special about it. The cast is fine. They all do a nice job. It's just that material isn't that hot. I don't want to bash this movie because I did kind of like it. It's that I wanted more than I got.

I'm a huge fan of Lifetime movies, and I'm willing to give movies such as these a lot of leeway when it comes to deviation from reality - but this was just too much to bear.

The Sopranos fan favorite Jamie-Lynn Sigler stars as the harried housewife who just moved into the clique-y neighborhood.

Without recounting all the missteps by Sigler throughout the movie, let's just cut to the chase - the attempted murder charge.

This community must have a very efficient "speedy trial" provision, because in most localities, an attempted MURDER trial can take a year or two to go to trial, not a a week or two.

And APPARENTLY the only evidence gathered for this murder trial is simply what we the viewers know sitting in our comfy chair at home.

They could have subpoenaed the reluctant curly haired neighbor. They could have tracked down the string of prior neighbors who went through the same thing. Where's all the video footage from the neighbors who ironically all set up surveillance systems all throughout the neighborhood very recently.

And when the psychotic neighbor finally takes the stand, her critical "intense grilling" by the defense lawyer consists of 2-3 soft questions over literally about 90 seconds. "No further questions, your Honor". Really?

And you would think the authorities took the victim daughter's eyewitness statement AT THE SCENE or down at the police station - and they wouldn't even had brought charges in the first place. It certainly wouldn't be coming out FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT TRIAL.

This was an ok but super-annoying watch - and only satisfying if you're a Sigler fan or you like seeing lying conniving neighbors get their comeuppance.

We moved to north of Seattle and ended up buying a home in a lovely neighborhood. We lived on a dead end private drive. Home was only 4 years old and we were the 3rd buyer. All the homes around us were original owners. First day in the house we received a knock at the door and it was the neighbor invited us to their little eclipse party. It was a very keeping up with the Jones neighborhood. They always used to have lavish parties just to impress everyone. All of the lady's in the neighborhood gossiped and all hung out together. They called the previous owners weird and gossiped so much about the neighbors next door who didn't care for the drama. Then we got tired of all the loud parties, so we started not to show up. Then they started to exclude our little 7 year old from playing with all the neighborhood kids. Then came the funny looks. Then we confronted them and it started a big issue in the neighborhood. Then the other neighbor almost hit my kid walking home from the bus stop with her 17 old sister. So I went over and knocked on her door and she wasn't there. Then she came over and said I didn't hit your child and accused me of speeding and said this neighborhood needs speed bumps to slow people like me down.

After that it just got worse and worse. My husband in the snow took our quad out just to zip down the road and let her sit on the back for like 2 mins with full gear on and then they called CPS on us.

They were always drinking, having their kids out at all the parties sometimes till 3 am. We never said one word or called the police. They shined strobe lights through our bedroom window every halloween and Christmas but we were quiet.

Finally we got sick of it and moved under 2 years.... Moved on acerage.

So many of the same events happened to us... Such as my husband confronted her husband and said this needs to stop.

So glad we moved! Feel bad for the 5th owner in a 2013 home.

That was the brief description from experts at the end of the movie about the different kinds of stalkers and how they behave. That was somewhat interesting. Other than that, it was just another typical Lifetime movie with a typical (meaning, predictable) plot.

Oh, and just to nitpick another review here - "lady's" is possessive, not plural.

This isn't an overly familiar Lifetime wacko. A wacko neighbour who shares a backyard starts of friendly then imitating and buying the same things. Then she escalates to framing her etc. The things she does are a mixed bag of creepy but at least different things. Keeps you watching to see how things get resolved and for the wacko motivation. Worth a watch.