Honestly this was a decent enough LTM. However it had its problems. It could've done better with an entirely different cast. The lead actress, Alissa Filoramo, who I have seen in other LTM's in the past, was not really fit for the role here. And there was barely any resemblance between her and her daughter. It's almost like the casting directors found whichever actors were available for the role, not caring if they looked similar to another character related to them or not. Not to mention that the actress that played the daughter appeared in a Dhar Mann video the day after this movie premiered. Really makes me wonder about the choice of actors here.
The acting by the fiancé and Mary were mediocre at best. And the villainous reveal with Mary didn't really surprise me. I kind of saw it coming, I suspected her about 25 minutes in. And let's not forget about the several plot holes this film had. Such as how Mary managed to drag her brother's dead body all the way from the coffin to her house without any help, and nobody acting alarmed when Mary yelled at Danielle when she tried to eat the tainted spaghetti.
The part that annoyed me most was when Hope's "stalker" showed up at her workplace while she was working on a patient who was obviously dealing with some surgery or serious health problem. She just wouldn't take her eyes off of him, and it cost her her job and medical license. Hoped it was worth it (no pun intended). But seriously, that part irritated THE heck out of me! Like be professional, your patient is dealing with a life or death situation ffs!
Lastly, it's 2023! Can we please be more original with character last names? No more Miller's, Johnson's, Joneses, Davises, and Wilson's. This is probably the tenth Lifetime movie this year alone, where one of the characters last names is Miller. It's getting old at this point and it shows a lack of originality on the writer's part.
The acting by the fiancé and Mary were mediocre at best. And the villainous reveal with Mary didn't really surprise me. I kind of saw it coming, I suspected her about 25 minutes in. And let's not forget about the several plot holes this film had. Such as how Mary managed to drag her brother's dead body all the way from the coffin to her house without any help, and nobody acting alarmed when Mary yelled at Danielle when she tried to eat the tainted spaghetti.
The part that annoyed me most was when Hope's "stalker" showed up at her workplace while she was working on a patient who was obviously dealing with some surgery or serious health problem. She just wouldn't take her eyes off of him, and it cost her her job and medical license. Hoped it was worth it (no pun intended). But seriously, that part irritated THE heck out of me! Like be professional, your patient is dealing with a life or death situation ffs!
Lastly, it's 2023! Can we please be more original with character last names? No more Miller's, Johnson's, Joneses, Davises, and Wilson's. This is probably the tenth Lifetime movie this year alone, where one of the characters last names is Miller. It's getting old at this point and it shows a lack of originality on the writer's part.
