Molly Elizabeth Anders married Peter Mark Lewis, and they had a beautiful baby daughter named Julie. But Molly died young, and it has now been years since Peter has thought about the dating scene. Julie takes things into her own hands and enrolls her dad on a dating site. Then, Julie actually writes messages to a woman who had sent Peter a message after reading his profile. A dinner is set up between Peter and Dr. Alexis Sawyer, a surgeon, and this is the "dangerous" date of the film's title.
It was not convincing in the film that Peter would become involved so swiftly with Alexis, based on his long period of mourning and time away from women. He didn't seem at all "rusty" when he arrived home with Alexis! Peter was also a successful divorce attorney, witnessing disastrous relationships on a daily basis. Wouldn't he be a little wary of jumping into a relationship this fast? Julie warns her dad to "slow the roll" and "pump the brakes," but Peter will not listen to her and actually believes that his daughter is "jealous."
The most interesting part of the film was the conversations between Julie and Alexis. Both women seemed to be about the same age, and they nearly appeared to be twins. Yet, any similarities end there. Julie is solidly grounded in life, and she is prepared to go to Maine as a pre-med student. By contrast, Alexis is a pathological liar, who is not a doctor, and her real name is Alexis Boyer.
Alexis had developed an obsession on Peter while she was working as an orderly in the hospital where Molly was placed. It was Alexis who murdered Molly by smothering her even after Molly had befriended her and given her advice in matters of the heart. Alexis had even killed her own mother, then lied that her father had left his shoes in the kitchen (his "stinkin' mud clinkers") and the mother tripped over them and cracked her skull on the counter. Later, Alexis will send her alcoholic father in Bakersfield into the next world as well.
"A Dangerous Date" was a predictable, by-the-numbers film without much suspense or mystery. Uncharacteristic of a Lifetime film, the locations for the film seemed tawdry and inappropriate, such as the storefront law office and the low-rent home of Peter that did not fit the lifestyle of a successful attorney. Above all, Peter's gullibility was stretched beyond the pale on the night of the dangerous date.
If there is any lesson to learn from this sad story, it is to be observant in life. Alexis had made a nasty scene in a restaurant long before Peter had acquired the dating ap, and both Peter and Julie witnessed the scene from a nearby table. But neither father nor daughter remembered her. If they had had sharp memories, they would have had their guard up when Alexis entered their lives with the fateful words, "All my friends call me Lexi!"
It was not convincing in the film that Peter would become involved so swiftly with Alexis, based on his long period of mourning and time away from women. He didn't seem at all "rusty" when he arrived home with Alexis! Peter was also a successful divorce attorney, witnessing disastrous relationships on a daily basis. Wouldn't he be a little wary of jumping into a relationship this fast? Julie warns her dad to "slow the roll" and "pump the brakes," but Peter will not listen to her and actually believes that his daughter is "jealous."
The most interesting part of the film was the conversations between Julie and Alexis. Both women seemed to be about the same age, and they nearly appeared to be twins. Yet, any similarities end there. Julie is solidly grounded in life, and she is prepared to go to Maine as a pre-med student. By contrast, Alexis is a pathological liar, who is not a doctor, and her real name is Alexis Boyer.
Alexis had developed an obsession on Peter while she was working as an orderly in the hospital where Molly was placed. It was Alexis who murdered Molly by smothering her even after Molly had befriended her and given her advice in matters of the heart. Alexis had even killed her own mother, then lied that her father had left his shoes in the kitchen (his "stinkin' mud clinkers") and the mother tripped over them and cracked her skull on the counter. Later, Alexis will send her alcoholic father in Bakersfield into the next world as well.
"A Dangerous Date" was a predictable, by-the-numbers film without much suspense or mystery. Uncharacteristic of a Lifetime film, the locations for the film seemed tawdry and inappropriate, such as the storefront law office and the low-rent home of Peter that did not fit the lifestyle of a successful attorney. Above all, Peter's gullibility was stretched beyond the pale on the night of the dangerous date.
If there is any lesson to learn from this sad story, it is to be observant in life. Alexis had made a nasty scene in a restaurant long before Peter had acquired the dating ap, and both Peter and Julie witnessed the scene from a nearby table. But neither father nor daughter remembered her. If they had had sharp memories, they would have had their guard up when Alexis entered their lives with the fateful words, "All my friends call me Lexi!"