The Danger of Positive Thinking

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There is so much wrong with this movie where to begin. The acting was terrible The "teenagers" are like way older than teenagers more like mid 20s. The stalker is ment to be his age and she looks to be twice his age. Boring, and slow thought it would get better but did not.

I'm not sure about the story for this piece of trash because my wife and I could only stomach the first 15mins of this high school play being filmed. I won't tell you not to watch this because everyone should have an equal opportunity to experience this level of boredom in a movie!

Very weird movie where it seems the parents and children are all the same age. Casting ages is only the first problem. Acting ability, or lack there of is the second problem. Script. Problem.

Enjoy it for what it is, a mess. I don't understand why you cast adults as teenagers and God the plot is up and down, I mean she murders people and there isnt even a police officer in the whole film.

A writer of inspirational thinking books finds herself and her family the target of a stalker. The pretty little stalker looks a bit mature for high school but nevertheless seduces the writer's tennis player boy. Nicky Whelan is watchable and the cast is quite good. Some of the dialog is a bit awkward and obvious. Ok for this kind of movie.

With 2020 already being a dumpster fire, my mind needed a distraction from all the bad news. I don't mind bad movies (after all, at this point we are all seemingly living in one) as some have the ability to make up for it in unintentional hilarity where they are lacking in plot, character development and script. Well, this movie is just plain bad. I was genuinely confused by Mallory's character as I thought she was in her 30s and not a "teen" as the movie was trying to sell it to the audience. Also - they portrayed the parents (who also look like they are in their 30s - 40s) as complete imbeciles when it comes to technology. You don't know what a drone is - really?? You talk to your (obviously twenty-something actor) kid about "surfing the net"? I don't know who gave this the green light or why Netflix unleashed this upon us at a time when most of us are stuck at home. Netflix - do better.

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.

I'm so confused and puzzled! How does this awful awful AWFUL garbage get made? Who actually read this script and said Yes! Brilliant let's go! You can tell a bad movie within the first 5mins. The acting is poor as is the music and direction not to mention the script. How many times has this story been told! The successful couple who unfairly attract a crazed stalker who tries to ruin their perfect life. Yawn. No matter what money was on offer I would never do these movies if I was an actor. Don't associate yourself with such D grade utter crap as your reputation is forever tarnished. Watch this as I did to witness just how bad it is.

Well thats 15 mins I'll never get back. Bad acting, worse story. The women are mutton dressed up as lamb...botoxed up the wazzoo and put in parts where they're obviously a lot older than the parts they play. Don't waste your time!