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I'm a huge fan of Lifetime movies, and I'm willing to give movies such as these a lot of leeway when it comes to deviation from reality - but this was just too much to bear.

The Sopranos fan favorite Jamie-Lynn Sigler stars as the harried housewife who just moved into the clique-y neighborhood.

Without recounting all the missteps by Sigler throughout the movie, let's just cut to the chase - the attempted murder charge.

This community must have a very efficient "speedy trial" provision, because in most localities, an attempted MURDER trial can take a year or two to go to trial, not a a week or two.

And APPARENTLY the only evidence gathered for this murder trial is simply what we the viewers know sitting in our comfy chair at home.

They could have subpoenaed the reluctant curly haired neighbor. They could have tracked down the string of prior neighbors who went through the same thing. Where's all the video footage from the neighbors who ironically all set up surveillance systems all throughout the neighborhood very recently.

And when the psychotic neighbor finally takes the stand, her critical "intense grilling" by the defense lawyer consists of 2-3 soft questions over literally about 90 seconds. "No further questions, your Honor". Really?

And you would think the authorities took the victim daughter's eyewitness statement AT THE SCENE or down at the police station - and they wouldn't even had brought charges in the first place. It certainly wouldn't be coming out FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT TRIAL.

This was an ok but super-annoying watch - and only satisfying if you're a Sigler fan or you like seeing lying conniving neighbors get their comeuppance.

This LIFETIME suspense thriller was actually released this year and one of the newer ones with Jamie-Lynn Sigler. You might know her exceptionally well from from the holiday movie "The Christmas Note". In "The Neighbor in the Window," this is Lifetime's newest movie that is actually a real story made into a movie from the book "False Victim" by Kathie Truitt. The movie shows just how much HELL a person can go through when one neighbour invades your space, both figuratively and literally.

The film is about Karen (Sigler) when her and her family relocate to Washington because her husband has a new job and she falls in love with her new home, which is a beautiful house with large, impressive windows, but this new dream life quickly morphs into a nightmare when the looming presence of her neighbor, Lisa (Jenn Lyon), is all that cascades into those large panes of glass and the devil is scorned. Great movie also because it was based on a true story.

Karen (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and her family relocate to Washington for her husband's new job and falls in love with her new house which has large, impressive windows. However, this new dream life quickly morphs into a nightmare when the looming presence of her neighbor, Lisa (Jenn Lyon), is all that cascades into those large panes of glass.

At first, Lisa seems like a promising friend. But soon, Karen begins catching her in bizarre lies and copycat behavior. Karen confides in Lisa that she lost a baby, so Lisa immediately makes up a story that she also lost a child - even buying an identical version of the necklace Karen wears to commemorate her lost child. Lisa lies about various health conditions, claiming she had lupus and cancer. She even copies Karen's car, her clothes and her desire to become a real estate agent.

Then, when Karen grows uncomfortable with Lisa's behavior, Lisa's tactics escalate. Lisa phones in false complaints that Karen is neglecting her son in an attempt to have him removed from her care. She even files for a restraining order against Karen that means Karen can't even hang out in her own backyard without violating it.

In the most dramatic move of all, she falsely accuses Karen of trying to mow her down with her car. This leads to a trial where Karen could have been convicted with attempted murder due to Lisa's lies and fabricated victimization. Instead, it results in her acquittal.

There's no murder for a change in this Lifetime thriller based on a real story. The subject around 'False victims' is interesting. I never heard of it so it prompted me to read about. Who says Lifetime thrillers isn't informative! It's quite watchable and intriguing, however the plot gets a bit thin towards the end and the court scene should have had more punch. The actress who plays the 'false victim' was very good and quite sinister.

We moved to north of Seattle and ended up buying a home in a lovely neighborhood. We lived on a dead end private drive. Home was only 4 years old and we were the 3rd buyer. All the homes around us were original owners. First day in the house we received a knock at the door and it was the neighbor invited us to their little eclipse party. It was a very keeping up with the Jones neighborhood. They always used to have lavish parties just to impress everyone. All of the lady's in the neighborhood gossiped and all hung out together. They called the previous owners weird and gossiped so much about the neighbors next door who didn't care for the drama. Then we got tired of all the loud parties, so we started not to show up. Then they started to exclude our little 7 year old from playing with all the neighborhood kids. Then came the funny looks. Then we confronted them and it started a big issue in the neighborhood. Then the other neighbor almost hit my kid walking home from the bus stop with her 17 old sister. So I went over and knocked on her door and she wasn't there. Then she came over and said I didn't hit your child and accused me of speeding and said this neighborhood needs speed bumps to slow people like me down.

After that it just got worse and worse. My husband in the snow took our quad out just to zip down the road and let her sit on the back for like 2 mins with full gear on and then they called CPS on us.

They were always drinking, having their kids out at all the parties sometimes till 3 am. We never said one word or called the police. They shined strobe lights through our bedroom window every halloween and Christmas but we were quiet.

Finally we got sick of it and moved under 2 years.... Moved on acerage.

So many of the same events happened to us... Such as my husband confronted her husband and said this needs to stop.

So glad we moved! Feel bad for the 5th owner in a 2013 home.

This isn't an overly familiar Lifetime wacko. A wacko neighbour who shares a backyard starts of friendly then imitating and buying the same things. Then she escalates to framing her etc. The things she does are a mixed bag of creepy but at least different things. Keeps you watching to see how things get resolved and for the wacko motivation. Worth a watch.