Suicide Note

SUICIDE NOTE (TV Movie 2016)

BASIC PLOT: Molly White (Kirby Bliss Blanton) is finishing up her psychology degree, and looking forward to her summer internship, when the worst happens. Her roommate, Emma (Kirsten Ray Johnson), who has been fighting with her boyfriend, Adam (Stephen Colletti), appears to commit suicide. Molly does not believe she would have missed Emma's suicidal ideations. She's shared a room with Emma for quite awhile, and besides, she knows about suicide. She attempted it herself, when her parents were killed. She just doesn't believe it, and with the help of her best friend, Irene (Lexi Giovagnoli), she begins her own investigation. Adam appears to be the logical suspect, but she's catching those around her in many lies. Could it be Doug (Kyle Leatherberry), the barista, who lied about being close to Emma? Or maybe, it's Jasmine (Nthenya Ndunda), who was sleeping with Emma's boyfriend? There's also the mystery man Emma was cheating with, the cause of her violent fight with Adam, the night she died.

At the same time, Molly begins dreaming of Emma every night. She feels it's her own psyche warning her of the dangers lurking around her. Can she figure out who the real threat is before it's too late?

WHAT WORKS: *Brant Daugherty is the standout here, as Brady Farris. He's the only one who gives a believable performance.

*This movie has good cover art. So many of these TV movies don't, so it's definitely worth a mention.

WHAT DOESN'T WORK: *The delivery of the dialog seems forced throughout this movie. It's like they filmed the first run through rehearsal. I half expected the actors to have scripts in their hands. It's probably because the dialog is hollow, which makes the execution seem lacking. The story is there, but without a foundation, there's nothing to build on.

*NO ONE would leave the victim's phone where the potential killer could get at it, especially after the guy you suspect, gets into the dorm whenever he wants. You'd hide the phone. It's a giant mistake no one would make.

*NO COPS ARE THIS STUPID! I am so sick of seeing this plot hole again and again. The police would listen to the victim's friends about her state of mind, and that of her boyfriend. She had a volatile relationship, and was supposed to meet him that night. The suicide note is one line, and could mean anything. Cops also don't like being bullied by rich people. Some douche has his daddy's attorney make a phone call, and the cops would listen? That type of behavior would draw more attention to the douchy boyfriend, not away from him. There are so many work arounds for this problem, but having cops be this stupid, INSULTS THE AUDIENCE! Also, cops can NOT restrict someone's movements, or liberties, without a warrant. In other words, when cops say, "Don't leave town," it's just a suggestion.

*The main character that's killed is unneeded. If a death was needed, it should have been Jasmine (Nthenya Ndunda). She was an ancillary character, and her death would have fulfilled the desperation of the killer. It's just one more thing that's off-putting.

*Jake Helgren has written some very entertaining melodramas, (Les fantômes du passé (2016) and Une infirmière trop parfaite (2016)) and some real stinkers (L'Étrangère dans ma maison (2020) and Dans les griffes du stripteaseur (2019)). This is somewhere in between. I don't get how Les fantômes du passé (2016), which was also filmed in 2015, also in South Carolina, and also starring Lexi Giovagnoli, could be so good, and this is so mediocre.

*This movie has a terrible trailer. It doesn't tell you much about the movie, or the characters. I could have done better on my phone.

TO RECOMMEND, OR NOT TO RECOMMEND, THAT IS THE QUESTION: *I doubt if I'd recommend this movie. It's dialog is forced, the pacing plods along at a snails pace, overall, it's too banal, and too clichéd.

CLOSING NOTES: *This is a Made-For-TV movie, please keep that in mind before you watch\rate it. TV movies have a much lower budget, and so your expectations should be adjusted.

*I have no connection to the film, or production in ANY way. I am just an honest viewer, who wishes for more straight forward reviews. Hope I helped you out.

I wouldn't even say that all the actors involved are bad as someone else suggested, but the script is way to badly written. Dialog but also the "suspense" of it. Not that I think there is any - except maybe for the why. Though even that is so easy to see through. There is still no conviction for the act(s) and the confrontation at the end feels like a bad joke.

But if you've suffered through the whole thing, you'll probably will stay for the rest. Even an ending where you wonder why it's there if nothing happens ... it's like they wanted to fill in a couple more minutes. Completely unnecessary and does not do any favors to the movie - let alone to the viewers. There are thrillers and movies in general who deserve your attention - this is not one of them

This is in my top 5 worst Marvista?LMN movies of all time. Terrible acting, terrible story/script. For starters since when do the police not collect all of the deceased belongings (including cellphone specially) even if the initial assessment is deemed as suicide? I could go on with all the cracks and holes in the script, but I would exceed my maximum characters limit!

This was a good movie, definitely something that belongs to the Lifetime channel. However, I found a lot of predictable moments and even some areas that just seemed like the acting was worse than others. If you need something to watch to pass the time then it's good for that. I think this movie needed either a better cast or perhaps some better acting that involved feeling. At times it was obvious the actors were detached from the characters. Outside of those problem areas, the movie was good to pass some time. I didn't feel the need to turn the channel, which means it held my attention well enough which can be hard to do sometimes.

If "The Suicide Note" had actually been about suicide, it might have been a good movie to show to high school students, though these kids are in college.

Actually it's more of a whodunit with some red herrings, as a psych student tries to find out who killed her roommate. The roommate allegedly killed herself, leaving a note. First to come under suspicion is her boyfriend, with whom she had fought.

You'll figure out who did it in the first fifteen minutes.

I found the acting typically Lifetime, not great. These actors could have used more help from the director. They're young, and some of them probably acted as children, then as teens, and are transitioning into adult roles. Basically they learn to act in front of us.

The film merely touched on the reasons for young people committing suicide and didn't go very much in depth. Frankly I would have given it a different title.