It's a bad movie, yes. It's so bad it's funny, but obviously isn't supposed to be funny. Ashley Rickards has better acting skills than that. Heather Morris had the best acting in the film but the smallest part (love her!). The rest of it, no. This movie makes Lifetime movies look like academy award winning blockbusters.
She's supposed to be a successful author, but evidently they have a VERY small budget for her book covers, they look like they were printed from a pixel art program from Windows '95.
She also looks like what I imagine mom jeans would look like if they were a person. The Karen haircut and the wardrobe that seems to have been purchased from the misses section at Sears makes me wonder if her next book was going to be on how to demand to speak to a manager. All she was missing was an applique sweater vest. And these people REALLY love their khakis. Seriously, SO much khaki. So many pleats.
The son is supposed to be 17 or 18, but I'm pretty sure he's 40. He's balding for crying out loud! May as well have cast Danny Devito and put one of those hats with the propeller on top on him and give him a lollypop as a prop to play the kid. At least there would have been some decent acting that way.
And where does this take place? I don't think they could really decide on a location. Cars in the driveway had New Jersey plates, the son had a Chicago Cubs pennant in his bedroom, and the newspaper article talking about Mallory's parents murder/suicide said Louisville. Pick a place!
Mallory killed a woman and the husband didn't even notice until right after. Either he knew what was going on and let it happen, or he is the world's deepest sleeper. His "noo!" Reaction was comical. And do these people just move really slow? Because both in the beginning and when Mallory shot that guy, the gun didn't go off for awhile, plenty of time to run, even time to overpower the shooter and stop it from happening. So clearly they just stood there saying "NO!" And then waited to be shot.
And the restaurant was called Le Moo? I don't know, that was just hilarious to me.
So, in conclusion, if you want a scare and quality writing/acting, you are going to want to pass. If you want a movie that's so bad it's comical, or if you REALLY like khaki, this is the movie for you.
