The Wrong Girl (2015 TV Movie) User Reviews

Simple Piano Pieces

[hlzmarketing · 5/10 · 30 April 2016]

I just have to write a comment as a pianist and piano teacher. If I had a piano student who had started at age 8 as Sophia did and was playing such simple pieces as a high school senior, I would be embarrassed. The pieces that she was playing could be played by a 2nd or 3rd year student. The waltz was both simple and mechanical. Really, do you think that playing those pieces could get you a scholarship to Juilliard? A Beethoven Sonata movement or some Chopin would have been nice and worthy of the accolades that she received.

Also, if the mother was a successful architect and they were able to live in a house with 3 garages, it is surprising that they did not have a grand piano in the house and that she had to do all of her practicing away from home.

I gave it a 5 as it was otherwise a captivating story. It was well acted.

Typical Lifetime cliché

[melwilliams-36137 · 4/10 · 28 January 2017]

This was something to put on if you simply just appreciate lifetime when your bored. And don't mind wasting your time giving their hit or miss original movies a try. This one was just painfully bad, which shouldn't be a surprise if you are use to their whole set up. It had no real plot structure, no character development, and the one thing I hate more than anything in a movie is a "Mary Sue" protagonist. The main character had no real problems except for the ones the antagonist created for her. It's always a sad shame when there is no real depth to anyone in these movies. Quite honestly you could skip through the movie not missing much because even though they try to keep you focused on pretty faces and youthful music. By the climax it rushes you to lifetime's cliché way of all the mess hitting the fan and then the sun shines again at the end leaving you staring at the screen thinking....so that was it???

Terrible piano playing

[phd_travel · 5/10 · 30 October 2015]

The first thing - the piano playing is so awful there is no way she could have even auditioned for Juilliard. Why didn't they play some proper music and have a hand double.

The set up of the story seems a bit choppy with scenes abruptly moving from one scene to another.

A friend turns out not to be so - a slightly familiar Lifetime scenario. However the twist reveal is plausible and explains things so it's not so bad. Though why her natural mother never told the baby daddy is strange Kristen Prout looks better than she has in the past - not so Ivanka Trump like. Jamie Luner who seems to be in a Lifetime movie every year still looks pretty.

A little follow up at the end about the wacko would have been good.

Bad Movie, Beautiful Women

[wes-connors · 3/10 · 19 May 2015]

Before the opening credits, an institutionalized woman is electrocuted by someone we presume is the building's janitor. Classical piano plays as the credits roll and beautiful blonde Sarah Grey (as Sophia Allen) thrills her parents at a recital. As it turns out, Ms. Grey is lonely as well as beautiful. Hoping to attend Juilliard, she spends so much time practicing her piano pieces, Grey has little time for a social life. The church group friends mentioned do not appear. Neither does the church. Grey's loneliness is about to change. A new girl arrives at her high school. She is beautiful blonde Kirsten Prout (as Michelle Foley). Wearing a pair of dorky glasses to make her look less attractive, Ms. Prout takes an unusual interest in Grey. They quickly become "Fast Friends" (the working title), but you sense Prout is "The Wrong Girl". In fact, she may be a "Lifetime" TV movie psycho...

The only thing that could have saved this really, really stupid story would be a heavy dose of theatrical ham. Unfortunately, nobody is instructed to chew the scenery. Everyone is too distant. Director Jason Bourque and photographer Toby Gorman do best outdoors, with steady jogging and "pop quiz" lip-reading scenes. However, a chase scene involving police deciding to run after a bike-riding suspect, on foot instead of driving, is too absurd for words. Prout wearing glasses to look "plain" is like putting lipstick on a pig. While dressed to kill, Prout's an incredibly poor shot. Grey is stunning in her shorts. Prout and Grey are unconvincing in their roles as otherwise friendless high school teenagers. However, they sure look nice. Beautiful blonde architect mom Jamie Luner (as Ashley Allen) leads a subdued supporting cast. If "Beautiful blonde" was the only goal, they've scored.

*** The Wrong Girl (2015-5-16) Jason Bourque ~ Sarah Grey, Kirsten Prout, Jamie Luner, Nels Lennarson

Love Jamie

[haroot_azarian · 27 February 2022]

So I like Jamie Lunar and Sarah Grey. Won't get too deep into the movie but I have to say psycho Michelle got her deserved end and Allison needed a good b!tch slap!!!

The featured songs playing

[hilljoanne-60818 · 2/10 · 13 June 2017]

What are the names of the featured songs to this movie ? Because, I couldn't figure out what the names are and it goes like, "Impossible," and the other one sounds like a party music song when Michelle dresses like Sophia. I've searched on the internet to find out what those songs are called, but couldn't find them. They have catchy songs that I seem to be interested in and I hope that you guys can tell me what the song titles are, please tell so that I can find them on the internet. I got frustrated when I couldn't find of what I was searching for and I told myself that I give up and I won't be able to find the songs that I was talking about; it's very confusing of what you're trying to say to people and they don't seem to understand a word you're saying and think that you're not making any sense at all:(

Piano Music

[miles-cheshire · 4/10 · 19 September 2018]

What is the piece of piano music called that Ashley was constantly practising for her concert?

unnerving and confusing throughout

[veronicammartin · 7/10 · 10 June 2015]

This is a strange film and I am unable to decide fully what I think of it.

Watching the film, I could not see how the initial scene linked in to the plot although we know it must be relevant in some way. Kirsten Prout plays the strange and unnerving Michelle very well. The strange baddie of course is in big goofy glasses, like she must be strange with these on. We cannot understand why she does the things she does and why she has chosen Sophia as a target.( if you hate spiders ...don't watch this) I could not see where the film was leading, as to what finale. There is a huge element of "the unknown enemy within" feeling which makes it unnerving.

The reasons come about 15 minutes from the end. The idea behind it is very good but then the film gets silly.

Watchable on an empty afternoon.

Hardly a World Class Pianist !!!

[carolynocean · 3/10 · 31 March 2021]

I don't play piano , but , I do remember my 13 year old playing similar pieces in music school !! I mean Sophia's playing skills were good ,but not scholarship material......that was way too farfetched ! This whole movie was so typical of the predictable stalker / physco type movie we have all seen before so many times .

Nothing new or oiriginal here, the only exciting part was the tarantula on the piano scene !

By the way I wonder where it wandered off to .............................shudder.

Music to make you fall asleep.

[dondipaulo · 1/10 · 22 January 2021]

This has got to be one of the most boring, predictable and nonsense films ever made. The classic "good" girl versus "crazy" girl stalker has been overdone far too many times but this time they decided to try and spice it up a bit by adding a music twist. The "good" girl is a budding classical music pianist and loves playing the piano in many partsof the film. Unfortunately, the classical music chosen is so slow and boring that it lulls you into a deep sleep. If that doesn't make you fall asleep, the pace of the film and some wooden acting, will. I've seen and heard much better.

***1/2

[edwagreen · 9/10 · 20 June 2015]

Interesting, but faithful to Lifetime films, someone comes into the lives of others, pretends to be a great friend, but they are there only for diabolical reasons and to wreak havoc on others. Such is the case with this film.

New in the neighborhood, a young high school girl supposedly befriends a lovely girl with high aspirations in music and a wonderful family life. All that changes and just about everyone around is affected by this maniacal young lady. This includes the local English teacher, the person giving the young lady piano lessons and her dutiful parents.

Wait until you see why this girl chose this family. Apparently, father had been on the make years before with another woman and this was the byproduct of such a relation. She is out for revenge to destroy the life of the nice girl since she feels that what she has had, she has missed.

She Seems Familiar...

[kaylnkmcgee · 9/10 · 9 July 2016]

Before she became a single white female searching newspaper ads for a new bestie and before she entered college with plans to morph into her roommates dead sister, she was the wrong girl and former mental nutjob with serious daddy issues. Yep. This has to be the prequel to The Roommate and Single White Female. The movie left me hanging because I'm really not sure if she lived, died, went to prison. I don't know. But that's okay because it left me with the option to keep her psycho going strong. I'd like to think that after she dusted off all the leaves and removed the tree bark embedded in her forehead, she went on to become Leighton Meester, where she zeroes in on Minka Kelly for yet another round of straight up psycho. After her girl on girl showdown date with crazy as hell suffers a major meltdown, she doesn't die like we all thought she did. That's because it's hard to kill crazy. Nope. She instead moves to the Big Apple where she comes into her own as Jennifer Jason Leigh. Here, she is free to go full on psycho-b**ch and step up her game with a little 50 Shades of Grey (public service style), a small matter of murdering a puppy or four, oh! and just as she did in college (as well as that time she pretended to be a high school student), she sleeps with her stalkee's boyfriend... and all before trying to murder her, of course. She even decided to bring back that awesome twin-thing idea that worked so well in high school and college! I mean, it went over quite splendidly back then, did it not? Why not go there again? Oh yes, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, especially after watching all three movies back to back. Try it. It'll be hours of insatiable comedic joy that you will always remember fondly! Kick back and celebrate the moments of your life.

Profile of a Monster

[lavatch · 8/10 · 30 December 2021]

Early in "The Wrong Girl" (a.k.a., "Fatal Friends"), the English teacher Mr. Clarke identifies "manipulation" as one of the key themes of Shakespeare's "Othello." This is a major hint that this film will be about manipulation of others for sinister purposes.

The master manipulator is Michelle Foley, who poses as the new kid on the block as she befriends Sofia Daverston at her new school. That is the start of Sofia's life being turned upside down, including the potential destruction of the lives of her loving parents, Ashley and Dylan, as well as Sofia's potential scholarship to study music at Juilliard.

There was good chemistry between the two young women who become best friends. At first, Michelle seems to offer Sophia the exact kind of friendship missing in her life. Then, everything implodes as the truth about Michelle's past stint in a mental hospital begins to emerge.

One of our favorite actresses, Jamie "Lifetime" Luner, helps to anchor the film in the role of Ashley Daverston. There were good supporting roles, such as the gullible boyfriend Alex, the oversexed music tutor Hannah, and the English teacher, who is manipulated by Michelle just as Iago dupes Rodrigo in "Othello."

Some credit is due to Michelle for her inventiveness, imagination, and the ability to be at the right place at the right time. Somehow, she captures a compromising photo of Hannah. And she knows all of the tricks to entrap both the hapless English teacher and to slip a roofie in Alex's fruit punch.

The film would have benefited from a more fully developed denouement that might have revealed the possibility that the hyperactive Michelle may finally be getting the help that she needs and deserves. Legally, Dylan Daverston might need to shoulder some of the responsibility, too.

This was an engaging film from start to finish with a superb ensemble cast.