I Killed My BFF (2015 TV Movie) User Reviews

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[edwagreen · 6/10 · 1 July 2015]

It would have been nice to better explain bff to the public. This movie easily could and should have been retitled to "Parallel Lives."

Two girls become friends when they give birth at the same time at a local hospital. One seems to be with it and the other, Heather, is bipolar. She breaks up with her boyfriend who seems to find himself with another lady.

Both young ladies are unmarried, but hatred shall develop when Heather, the complex character, develops an attraction for the other's boyfriend.

We see the results when bipolar disorder is not treated. We also see embezzlement, jealousy, taking control phenomenon, robbery, jail, being set up and a whole host of other issues.

Not What the Title/Description Claims

[aprilsfriendorin · 4/10 · 15 April 2020]

So based on the title/info, I assumed this was going to be one of those cheesy Lifetime thrillers... But it's a lot more complex than that. It's really about a toxic friendship, and it explores darker themes like mental health conditions and the difficulties of motherhood. Overall it wasn't bad, but just be aware of what you're getting into before watching. If you want something more serious/complex, go for it. But if you're looking for some comedic thriller, this isn't it.

Bette Davis meets Joan Crawford

[rbrb · 7/10 · 12 August 2017]

This is an intense well acted drama.

Two young mothers become best friends but events occur to cause their relationship to go bad and murder arises....

The lead actresses Olivia Crocicchia and Katrina Bowden both give super creepy drama queen performances and its just about a tie as to who steals the show.

Worth a look!

7/10.

A Toxic Friendship

[lavatch · 7/10 · 11 March 2020]

An early scene in "I Killed My BFF" sets the stage for what is to follow. After two women have given birth to babies, they are recovering in adjoining beds in the hospital. When the boyfriend of Heather arrives to meet his new child, Heather orders him to leave. Chase has not done anything wrong, and he refuses to leave. But the other mother, Shane, gets up off her birthing bed to challenge Chase to a fight. Chase then leaves the hospital with a hangdog look on his face. Shane's assertiveness is only a preview of coming attractions in this tawdry story.

One has to feel for the character of Heather, who struggles with bipolar disorder. But she has fallen so much under the spell of her friend Shane that she has lost her own sense of autonomy. The same is true for Shane's boyfriend, Alex, who behaves acts like her lapdog, even when she enlists him in a plot to rob thousands of dollars from his employer.

The best scene in the film is when Shane drives out to have a look at the new music studio that she has helped to finance from the money she and Alex have stolen. But Shane discovers that the building is boarded up and the interior is empty. She has been robbed blind, played as a sucker by an effervescent old "uncle" who has taken her for a ride to the tune of $15,000.

As the film progresses, it becomes even more sordid when Shane coerces Heather into giving her an alibi for the time of the robbery. Shane even pimps out her boyfriend Alex to seduce Heather to keep her happy, until they are cleared of the crime. When Heather finally asserts herself, she is caught in the web of Shane's evil design and eventually murdered in cold blood.

The film was based on a true crime, and it had an eerie feeling of credibility from start to finish. One feels only for the children, little Dylan and Simon, whose parents, Shane and Alex, will be in prison long after they have reached their majority. In the meantime, Heather's little girl Molly is at least in good hands with a caring grandma and the man who nearly had his lights punched out in the hospital by Shane.

GOOD movie with a BAD title

[justchillz · 10/10 · 24 June 2015]

I was so hesitant to watch this movie at first because of the title, but to my surprise, the plot is far more complex than the title makes it sound. It's not what you expect. The lead characters are not teenagers for what feels like the first time for this type of movie. The story is much more complicated and there are many characters involved.

The screenplay was amazing, not like other lifetime movies. The actors actually fit (were well-suited for) their roles. Some lifetime movies include these very attractive actors (models) that cannot act and/or don't suit the lead character that they are playing. It helps that the sound effects, audio and visual were also very good, unlike other lifetime movies.

This movie was well-done, unpredictable, good selection of actors, good ending, and is based on a true story: the murder of AnneMarie Camp.

Worth watching

[phd_travel · 8/10 · 5 September 2015]

Don't confuse this with the TV series on Lifetime, it isn't an episode of the series. This is a TV movie loosely based on one of those true life cases and the plot is quite good in the way true stories are often better than fiction.

A young woman Heather who has bipolar disorder (played quite convincingly by Olivia Crocicchia) and an ambitious woman Shane (30 Rock's Katrina Bowden) become friends after meeting at a hospital when giving birth. They become neighbors and baby sit for each other. Chris Zylka plays Shane's struggling husband whose weakness of character is quite well portrayed. Things are quite normal at first and they have some problems but then some bad decisions are made when Shane wants to invest in a business and things spiral out of control. Nobody is obviously good or bad at least at first it makes things tense because you don't know how things are going to play out.

Worth a watch.

The writers sabotaged their own movie

[BrandonSMUdallas · 8/10 · 24 April 2016]

This is a really good movie with a really horrible title. I've seen it in the channel lineup several times and skipped past it. Having BFF in the title is so corny and I 100% assumed this involved some cheesy drama with high school girls. It wasn't like that at all. Not even close. I randomly left it on the other night because recognized the hot blonde from Tucker and Dale. I missed the first 20 minutes or so but I loved the movie. I really dig the Lifetime stuff..guilty pleasure. This is one of the better ones I've seen. I know they say not to judge a book by it's cover, but the title of this movie is going to turn off so many people. Shame.

A Really Good Movie with a Useless Title

[Mewkebi · 8/10 · 11 July 2022]

This movie title is so off-putting, for a long time, I deliberately avoided watching it based purely on the useless title. However, on finding out that it was based on a true story, I decided to take a risk and watch it. After enjoying such a good movie, I ended up hating the title even more!!!!!!