I ended up reading the book this is based on, and so the ending isn't too far off, but I agree that the courtroom scene makes the movie entirely frustrating. There was a ton wrong w/it and I wish tv/films would just be as vague as possible when spouting legalese instead of half-A$$ing it. It takes one out of the film and you can't help but focus on what they're doing/saying wrong.
The movie's build to revealing how nutso what's her face is, was decently done. I pray to the Lord in heaven that no one latches on to me this way. The dress scene and the fake child (or sibling's?) death were so creepy. Honestly that would have been the last straw. No one needs craven liars and manipulators in their life. Block her number, never answer the door, ignore her. Tell your husband and kids to do the same. But I do understand the urge to give people chances, and i think the movie did a good job of showing how it is to be new in a neighborhood and how one neighbor (in this case the psycho) can affect how the others treat you. Even your kids in school. The husband was frustrating (BOTH of them) because one didn't want to believe his wife, and the other just let his wife run amuck terrorizing the neighbors. I felt sorry for the daughter because she has a psycho for a mother and a father who won't do the right thing. Don't even want to think of how her mother treated her after getting away with her crimes.
As for the courtroom scene...you'd have to believe that this creep not only perjured herself but also filed false police reports...and nothing came of either. She wasn't a pillar of the community, she wasn't the wife of a politician or another prominent figure, so...no consequences? All it did was enable her to keep it up. You would think the other neighbors would feel empowered to shun her and protect themselves and others.
Like I mentioned, if you read the book, that is equally frustrating (the end results), but seeing it play out here was something of a letdown. I guess I should give kudos to Lifetime for not taking dramatic license, but any kind of justice would have been welcomed. It was not a bad flick for a lazy Saturday night, and it was nice to see a Lifetime movie not at all like their normal stalker movies.
The movie's build to revealing how nutso what's her face is, was decently done. I pray to the Lord in heaven that no one latches on to me this way. The dress scene and the fake child (or sibling's?) death were so creepy. Honestly that would have been the last straw. No one needs craven liars and manipulators in their life. Block her number, never answer the door, ignore her. Tell your husband and kids to do the same. But I do understand the urge to give people chances, and i think the movie did a good job of showing how it is to be new in a neighborhood and how one neighbor (in this case the psycho) can affect how the others treat you. Even your kids in school. The husband was frustrating (BOTH of them) because one didn't want to believe his wife, and the other just let his wife run amuck terrorizing the neighbors. I felt sorry for the daughter because she has a psycho for a mother and a father who won't do the right thing. Don't even want to think of how her mother treated her after getting away with her crimes.
As for the courtroom scene...you'd have to believe that this creep not only perjured herself but also filed false police reports...and nothing came of either. She wasn't a pillar of the community, she wasn't the wife of a politician or another prominent figure, so...no consequences? All it did was enable her to keep it up. You would think the other neighbors would feel empowered to shun her and protect themselves and others.
Like I mentioned, if you read the book, that is equally frustrating (the end results), but seeing it play out here was something of a letdown. I guess I should give kudos to Lifetime for not taking dramatic license, but any kind of justice would have been welcomed. It was not a bad flick for a lazy Saturday night, and it was nice to see a Lifetime movie not at all like their normal stalker movies.