The movie centers on the couple Elise (Tianna Nori) and Allan (Jack Grinhaus), who relocate into a cabin surrounded by nature and overlooking a lake. Elise, hoping for a peaceful environment to pen down her book, gets distressed when another couple, Geena (Brendee Green) and Lee (Jean Paul Najm), moves into the cabin next to them. Unfortunately, Elise happens to share a tragic past with the two neighbors. This storyline is a bit insufficient for an original plot. Even the subplot with Sylvia (Gillian Fortin) and Murray (James M Jenkinson) does not suffice. This story is underdeveloped and gave us no time to get to know the characters and their motives better. Furthermore the pace of the movie is too slow. The one thing good about the movie is that there is suspense until the end. But too little too late.
6 Reviews
Mehhh, so unbelievable!
windsorenquirer10 January 2022
It wouldn't be so bad if not for so unnatural and artificial interactions between all these people in this movie.
First of all no one acts or behaves like Elise and her husband in real life.
Then her husband is so dumb it's irritating. Besides that why does she even talk or explain anything to her ex since she already moved on and supposedly loves so much her husband? Why does she let him in all the time? Who would do that?
Next time use a better script!
First of all no one acts or behaves like Elise and her husband in real life.
Then her husband is so dumb it's irritating. Besides that why does she even talk or explain anything to her ex since she already moved on and supposedly loves so much her husband? Why does she let him in all the time? Who would do that?
Next time use a better script!
Nothing.....
hoops-5343615 January 2022
...Could save this movie. Rotten plot, terrible acting, too many coincidences that would never happen in real life. Totally predictable. We have witnessed a lot of stupid women on LMN, but Elise might just take the top award. She is supposed to be an ex-therapist, a self help guru, a woman who understands people and situations, yet she is manipulated by everyone else on the cast. Sad. Sadder yet is that someone got paid to write and produce this hot mess.
Weird murder mystery!
Chartreuse13 January 2022
Elise and Geena were best friends until she stole Lee, Elise's boyfriend and married him. Now Elise has to deal with the fact that Geena bought the cottage next door to Elise and her husband, Allan, who knows all about it and doesn't take it well and the tension between the 4 of them keeps slowly building and one turns up dead. Whodunit? Tune in to find out. Small Canadian ensemble cast and good script makes this a recommend!
VIEWS ON FILM review of Deadly Ex Next Door
burlesonjesse522 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
"You don't trust me why should I trust you". Well aren't we a bit prickly. That quote and others like it seem to be the entire screenplay mindset of Deadly Ex Next Door. "Deadly Ex" is not a movie mind you it's a darn soap opera, or maybe a reality show that you could use some more Xanax on set.
But wait, the acting is much better than in that daytime stuff. The cast of Deadly Ex Next Door really pour their heart out. I mean you wanna see people emote in a Lifetime thriller. And yup, you want trash with a little stash.
Deadly Ex Next Door contains a cop persona that's straight out of an M. Night Shyamalan flick. The film also stars unknowns in the form of Tianna Nori, Jack Grinhaus, and Jean Paul Najm. Their yuppie characters are wishy-washy, chemically imbalanced, and well, downright bipolar. Tonally their scenes are all over the place. One moment someone could snap and have a hissy. One moment someone without tact could really tick the other person off. One moment someone could have the urge to use a blunt object on someone else. Why so serious?
"Deadly Ex" is about a couple who purchase a house on the lake. Six weeks later their neighbors move in and happen to be the woman's ex-fiance and his drama queen bride. Chaos ensues because these four lovebirds awkwardly can't get along (can you blame them cause the director obviously doesn't).
On the storyline front, Deadly Ex Next Door has enough red herrings, exhaust, and twists to make Malcolm Crowe think he's not dead (har har). I mean only LMN could divvy out a diegesis that's this coincidental and fortuitous. And only Lifetime could produce such forced manipulation from such a sparse set location (I'm thinking the Pacific Northwest with intermittent aerial shots). This "ex-factor" is fair but a mixed one.
But wait, the acting is much better than in that daytime stuff. The cast of Deadly Ex Next Door really pour their heart out. I mean you wanna see people emote in a Lifetime thriller. And yup, you want trash with a little stash.
Deadly Ex Next Door contains a cop persona that's straight out of an M. Night Shyamalan flick. The film also stars unknowns in the form of Tianna Nori, Jack Grinhaus, and Jean Paul Najm. Their yuppie characters are wishy-washy, chemically imbalanced, and well, downright bipolar. Tonally their scenes are all over the place. One moment someone could snap and have a hissy. One moment someone without tact could really tick the other person off. One moment someone could have the urge to use a blunt object on someone else. Why so serious?
"Deadly Ex" is about a couple who purchase a house on the lake. Six weeks later their neighbors move in and happen to be the woman's ex-fiance and his drama queen bride. Chaos ensues because these four lovebirds awkwardly can't get along (can you blame them cause the director obviously doesn't).
On the storyline front, Deadly Ex Next Door has enough red herrings, exhaust, and twists to make Malcolm Crowe think he's not dead (har har). I mean only LMN could divvy out a diegesis that's this coincidental and fortuitous. And only Lifetime could produce such forced manipulation from such a sparse set location (I'm thinking the Pacific Northwest with intermittent aerial shots). This "ex-factor" is fair but a mixed one.
Average
haroot_azarian8 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Actually this was an average movie. I knew right from the beginning how it would end. Yes there some stupid parts in the movie. But remember guys, this is LMN we are talking about! From the get go I despised Lee immensely. And we all found out why by the end! I also agree with one contributor who highlighted Elise's past as a therapist. How can a psychologist or psychiatrist be manipulated and duped so easily in real life? This was the only major flaw in the script.
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