Woulda been much better if the lead female wasn't made to be so DUMB! How can someone deal with a guy snapping at them basically from the very beginning, yet never actually confront him on it. You have a kid. Get this bipolar dude out of the house asap.
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The lead female was so boring
fiftycentqueen30 January 2020
The most stupid and predictable story
stelios-8916713 September 2020
STUPID, STUPID, STUPID
Hclambake23 February 2020
Not believable!
texxas-16 January 2023
Who moves a boyfriend into the family home after dating for a matter of days without even knowing anything about him? No one wants their space invaded even if they are lovesick! They'd break up within a day.
What women tolerates a new boyfriend who she's barely been dating snapping at her and making nasty comments for no reason at all? No argument, and just unprovoked abuse out of the blue! Who'd be attracted to a man acting like a crazy old women?
Attraction gone i'd say.
A true narcissist is able to fool people and get them hooked, there was nothing attractive about this man.
And what's with the university girl letting herself get pregnant by him? She didn't get into uni by being stupid.
What women tolerates a new boyfriend who she's barely been dating snapping at her and making nasty comments for no reason at all? No argument, and just unprovoked abuse out of the blue! Who'd be attracted to a man acting like a crazy old women?
Attraction gone i'd say.
A true narcissist is able to fool people and get them hooked, there was nothing attractive about this man.
And what's with the university girl letting herself get pregnant by him? She didn't get into uni by being stupid.
Wow I was impressed
lincwood-916-21971712 July 2020
The display of the mental illness of NP was spot on. As a narcissist survivor, I was thinking it might be something that was going to make me feel like it wouldn't follow the actual Illness.
It was written perfectly in line with the pattern!
Plus the subtle connotations in the beginning were also perfect. The acting was ok. But I felt like the Mother should have been a bit more empathetic and actually cry a bit more but it was believable. Really good writing and was very accurate. I think it actually validated my experience. I was glued.
The Tell-Tale Earring
lavatch27 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
One of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest Gothic tales is "The Tell-Tale Heart." In "My Mother's Killer Boyfriend" (a.k.a., "The Narcissist"), it is the tell-tale earring that gives away the killer, a deranged English literature professor with the personality traits of narcissism.
For his dissertation, Jonathan Selby stole a manuscript from his college roommate, who died in humiliation after being expelled when Jonathan turned the tables on him, alleging that he was the plagiarist. Now a college professor, Selby is a widower after his wife April died in a tragic automobile crash. But it was Selby who pushed her over the age after she had failed to stroke his ego enough. One of the key details in the film is an award that Selby won. At the celebration honoring him, he was "embarrassed" because April did not measure up his intellectual standards.
Selby has used his charm to ingratiate himself with Nicole Weston, a dynamic culinary expert, who is divorced and lives with her teenage son, Connor. Selby moves in, but soon there are signs of a dark side to him that comes across in his sarcastic, mean-spirited remarks. But, it is the chance occurrence of Nicole picking up a medical flyer on Narcissistic Personality Disorder that finally opens her eyes.
Nicole is a kind and forgiving person, who may be slow in acting on her instincts. But she is a good sleuth, and she eventually discovers the truth about Selby. Young Connor is put in a coma after he saw Selby in a restaurant with young Amber Gordon. Selby is behind the wheel, and his intent to murder Connor only adds to the pressure cooker when, at any moment, Connor might awake and reveal the truth.
In the meantime, Amber has become pregnant with Selby's child. When she tells him to "man up" and accept his responsibility as a father, Selby conks Amber over the head and throws her overboard from his ship called the "Heart Throb."
The best scene in the film is the carefully conceived finale, when Nicole confronts Selby with the tell-tale earring that he gave to both her and Amber. But it is another prop, the coveted award on the mantle, that is used to deliver the KO punch that will expose Selby for the narcissist that he really is. Kudos to Nicole!
For his dissertation, Jonathan Selby stole a manuscript from his college roommate, who died in humiliation after being expelled when Jonathan turned the tables on him, alleging that he was the plagiarist. Now a college professor, Selby is a widower after his wife April died in a tragic automobile crash. But it was Selby who pushed her over the age after she had failed to stroke his ego enough. One of the key details in the film is an award that Selby won. At the celebration honoring him, he was "embarrassed" because April did not measure up his intellectual standards.
Selby has used his charm to ingratiate himself with Nicole Weston, a dynamic culinary expert, who is divorced and lives with her teenage son, Connor. Selby moves in, but soon there are signs of a dark side to him that comes across in his sarcastic, mean-spirited remarks. But, it is the chance occurrence of Nicole picking up a medical flyer on Narcissistic Personality Disorder that finally opens her eyes.
Nicole is a kind and forgiving person, who may be slow in acting on her instincts. But she is a good sleuth, and she eventually discovers the truth about Selby. Young Connor is put in a coma after he saw Selby in a restaurant with young Amber Gordon. Selby is behind the wheel, and his intent to murder Connor only adds to the pressure cooker when, at any moment, Connor might awake and reveal the truth.
In the meantime, Amber has become pregnant with Selby's child. When she tells him to "man up" and accept his responsibility as a father, Selby conks Amber over the head and throws her overboard from his ship called the "Heart Throb."
The best scene in the film is the carefully conceived finale, when Nicole confronts Selby with the tell-tale earring that he gave to both her and Amber. But it is another prop, the coveted award on the mantle, that is used to deliver the KO punch that will expose Selby for the narcissist that he really is. Kudos to Nicole!
Interesting type of wacko
phd_travel3 September 2019
This Lifetime thriller is quite different from the usual. It focuses on a narcissistic guy and he manifests his craziness in selfish personality and speech which is more interesting than the average Lifetime cookie cutter psycho.
A divorced single mom meets a charming English professor. She falls for him but starts notice strange inappropriate behaviour and snappiness. Things progress from nasty selfishness to violence. Damon Runyon acts well as the selfish guy. Amber Goldfarb is good as the woman. The story is quite well directed and paced. It's good that things are kept believable and not too outrageous or silly like in some Lifetime movies.
A divorced single mom meets a charming English professor. She falls for him but starts notice strange inappropriate behaviour and snappiness. Things progress from nasty selfishness to violence. Damon Runyon acts well as the selfish guy. Amber Goldfarb is good as the woman. The story is quite well directed and paced. It's good that things are kept believable and not too outrageous or silly like in some Lifetime movies.
Insidious
techiebabe-1803726 February 2023
The previous reviewer has not been in a narcissistically abusive relationship, the script was perfect, and YES, they DO speak and act EXACTLY the way this movie portrayed, from a survivor's point of view this movie got HIS personality absolutely bang on, including the language they use, I suffer from disassociation and CPTSD as a result of the gaslighting I suffered, and YES, they ARE very plausible, hence how they end up in professional jobs! This movie is very accurate if you are a survivor, it might not appeal if you are not, as it seems so far-fetched, but this is how narcissists survive throughout life, they are very VERY covert, and outside of the home they portray the perfect individual very plausibly, but inside the home they are vile, devious and very VERY dangerous!!!!!! The great charmer when you first meet them, but the lack of empathy/honesty and first flashes of deceitful behaviour are MASSIVE RED FLAGS, HEED YOUR GUT INSTINCT AND DO NOT HAVE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE AS PART OF YOUR LIFE - if, however, you are unfortunate to have one as a family member, the best relationship with them is DISTANCE!!!! And keep them as far out of your life as possible!!!!!
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