What drew me to watch this movie were of course the familiar faces, Erica Mena, Cynthia Bailey, and Marques Houston. I knew it was Erica's first actual movie, so I'll go easier on her.
Marques' performance was okay. Erica's was okay on some parts but on other's she across as though she had been emulating what she'd seen in other movies. It came across very fake and almost like a caricature of what she was actually going for.
The guy who played Otis Williams in be the 90s Temptations movie is in here. (Sorry, I forgot his name.) He did a great job, as well. He's a great actor.
Cynthia acted like she didn't even try to NOT act like how she does on RHOA. I mean, Cynthia didn't come across as "fake" per SE but she was just acting like Cynthia Bailey. The only thing she was doing in this movie is reading her lines as CYNTHIA, not her movie character.
The WORST actor in here by far, is the guy who played Marques Houston's son. He didn't sell ONE scene. He was cringey throughout the entire movie-- The hair, the outfits, the bad acting, ALL OF IT!
Now, on to the actual scenes. First off, the friend of the father's was too suspicious way too fast. I feel like they had to do that to rush things along and give them Stepmother her first kill. It was still a bit off putting.
HOW did the mother die in the beginning? One can only guess! Usually, there's a backstory, at least..You know, the part where the doctor comes in and says, "she suffered from a so & so"? Yeah, that didn't happen.
The other thing is, the part where the son was calling about her meds -- usually meds have the person's name on them. So, why did he need to call to try to "figure things out?"
I know this is a movie and characters have to play dumb but since this movie is set in the late 2010s or the 2020s, all they had to do was run a Reverse Image Search on her photos & they would've figured out long ago what was "off" about the Stepmother.
Also, the movie seemed a bit forced and rushed.
I was going to give this a 3/10 but I felt the Stepmother should have killed the girlfriend or the son and it actually would have gotten another point.
This movie was very dumb, rushed and the son's acting was very cringey and irritating throughout.
2/10.
Marques' performance was okay. Erica's was okay on some parts but on other's she across as though she had been emulating what she'd seen in other movies. It came across very fake and almost like a caricature of what she was actually going for.
The guy who played Otis Williams in be the 90s Temptations movie is in here. (Sorry, I forgot his name.) He did a great job, as well. He's a great actor.
Cynthia acted like she didn't even try to NOT act like how she does on RHOA. I mean, Cynthia didn't come across as "fake" per SE but she was just acting like Cynthia Bailey. The only thing she was doing in this movie is reading her lines as CYNTHIA, not her movie character.
The WORST actor in here by far, is the guy who played Marques Houston's son. He didn't sell ONE scene. He was cringey throughout the entire movie-- The hair, the outfits, the bad acting, ALL OF IT!
Now, on to the actual scenes. First off, the friend of the father's was too suspicious way too fast. I feel like they had to do that to rush things along and give them Stepmother her first kill. It was still a bit off putting.
HOW did the mother die in the beginning? One can only guess! Usually, there's a backstory, at least..You know, the part where the doctor comes in and says, "she suffered from a so & so"? Yeah, that didn't happen.
The other thing is, the part where the son was calling about her meds -- usually meds have the person's name on them. So, why did he need to call to try to "figure things out?"
I know this is a movie and characters have to play dumb but since this movie is set in the late 2010s or the 2020s, all they had to do was run a Reverse Image Search on her photos & they would've figured out long ago what was "off" about the Stepmother.
Also, the movie seemed a bit forced and rushed.
I was going to give this a 3/10 but I felt the Stepmother should have killed the girlfriend or the son and it actually would have gotten another point.
This movie was very dumb, rushed and the son's acting was very cringey and irritating throughout.
2/10.