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Unstable (2012)
I've seen worse
Is it just something about Lifetime movies that the parents usually are well-off and have big houses? Ahem, anyhow, it's something about Ashley Scott that just makes you like and respect her as an actress and a woman. The movie has recently divorced mother, Christine (Ashley), who is now on shaky terms with her ex-husband, Jason (Ivan). Christine meets Nick Reese (George Newbern) at a park like event and they seem to connect, having similar love lives, as both their exes seemingly cheated on them. Christine soon invites him to live in her guest house, something that angers both her ex husband and one of her male partners (Jay Pickett) at work. Right here is where you see that there is a would-be unnecessary love triangle. It is revealed that Nick is a conman who is hired and was represented by Christine's ex husband the attorney. Jason is hoping to prove Christine an unfit guardian and have full custody turned over to himself. Nick starts to thinking, hey, this may not be right and things take a turn for the worst, leading Nick to run over Eric (which later gives away his persona), take Christine's son hostage, shoot his ex- prison mate and murder Jason. (in no chronological order, of course). I think Lifetime should use the term 'Crime Drama' loosely, as most of the thinking is done for you and they give you a glimpse into Nick's true doings too soon, in my opinion. Also, you would think these people would learn how to hold onto a gun by now.
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)
Stranded-on-an-island romance,
I watched this in hopes on taking a look at their survival skills and observing Indiana Evans' acting. I know her from H20 and that's it (I always knew those accents were fake) and I don't like her character.
Anyway, this movie revolves around beauty queen Emma (Indiana) and outcast Dean (Brenton). I expected Dean's personality to be different, but I liked it as it was. I have no idea HOW no one saw Emma fall overboard. Unrealistically falling, may I add. Dean refuses to follow the police boat and they float out into the Caribbean. Once there, they paddle to shore on a nearby deserted island. The first idiotic mistake they make is not pulling the raft up more, as it floats away but they manage to save one life jacket. After this, they begin adapting to their new (temporary) life rather well. Not to mention that Dean is coincidentally equipped with survival skills and knows how to be independent. It's all candy and roses for the first two weeks I believe they are there. They screw each other multiple times and become closer. One minute Emma says she likes where she is and the next she's freaking out about being stranded.
After three months, they get rescued by a helicopter after firing off their flare gun. Upon their arrival, both teens unite with their parents (Denise Richards could not have been a better match for Indiana's mother) and go back to school. Emma continues hanging with her group and Dean goes back to his regular, uneventful life. Emma unfortunately begins ignoring the boy who saved her life more than once, but still invites him to her party. He comes and waits for her in the rain, where they share a final dance and the film ends happily ever after.
Of Two Minds (2012)
gets you thinking, modest for Lifetime
Though I believe Tammy Blanchard is more attractive than Kristin Davis (Billie) in real life, Tammy (Baby) was clearly in the shadows compared to her sister. Like all Lifetime movies, "Of Two Minds" followed the usual sadness, happiness, back to disaster, somewhat of a solution cycle. Tammy's performance was, due to my ignorance regarding schizophrenia, okay for what I do know about the illness. She didn't claim to hear 'the voices' too often, which was appropriate. I didn't quite understand the cause of her insecurity until it came to Billie. The outbursts she had helped me understand some; however, the film didn't quite show any of Billie's childhood or mention unfortunate events, leading me to believe that Billie was an unfit sister. It wasn't until Baby mentioned Billie screaming at her and telling her to get out along with her friends that I saw how effective it obviously was on her. She was sensitive to begin with, and I think that Billie knew she was the more appealing sister. In my opinion, I truly don't see how Billie could be so blind to how she hurt her sister; she is obviously ashamed of her otherwise she would be more open about her. It shouldn't have taken the woman up until the two hour point to realize some of this was her fault. As for whatshisname Alexander's (Davis) performance, he did decent. I don't know if it was me or what, but at first I swore he looked like an extremely scrawny version of Leonardo Dicaprio even when he was younger. Ahem, anyways, the whole aunt and nephew thing is all different, but I don't see it happening in Lifetime like that. There is probably a bunch of changes I would have made to this movie scripture, but it's Lifetime, so I'm not complaining. Something else negative would be the whole scene where she had her huge outburst near the end (I thought her love for horses was a nice touch, though). She looked like a drunk grandma stumbling around the room like that. Almost humorous as she waved her knife around up until the cops took her down. The ending could have better, but the goodbyes were accurate for Davis and the aggravating Mollie who I just believe is a brat. But then again, I'm someone who believes that children under the age of 10 just shouldn't freaking act, with maybe a few exceptions. They can't, they just can't. I may be misinterpreting some things, but please, feel free to say something. All in all, alright movie. A little extended (I got so confused whenever I was watching this because of Daylight Savings. I absolutely was NOT sitting there until 3am waiting for this movie to overdo itself), but entertaining while it lasted and it didn't have me looking at the clock every five minutes to check when it ended.