Identity Theft of a Cheerleader

Environment is good because it is real and current compared to our real life. Topic is good because it is also real and current. Just some real life crimes and problems. But besides that two nothing special to see. I've watched movies with better graphics and murders, and this one is not that good. Bit too annoying and negative and dramatic. I expected more graphics, action, mystery, science.

I must say that this story line was somewhat different from the typical Lifetime movie melodramas but how far this thirty year old wannabe cheerleader would go by impersonating a teenage high schooler to fulfill her (mothers) dreams and expectations was way over the top.

I watched it while recuperating from a bad cold laying on the couch, and I am not sure what gave me the bigger headache, my cold or the silly plot line of this made for TV movie. I just felt that the movie title "Identity Theft of a Cheerleader" warranted a curious watch and see attitude. So I watched, and I sneezed throughout the film, and I ended up with a bigger headache then before I watched the film.

I give this LifeTime film a paltry 3 out of 10 IMDB rating. And that's an atchoooooo!

The movie was good, but could have been better if the actress really looked like a teenager. She didn't look old but she didn't look like a teenager either.

I watched this LIFETIME movie for the first time and only just noticed lead actress Maiara Walsh, who played Vicky Patterson, is awesome as a villain! In this movie, her character is a 30 year old woman full of regret who takes it to the extreme and goes back to high school by stealing a cheerleader's identity, Caitlyn Sparks (Shelby Armstrong) therein allowing her the chance to hit the reset button on her life and finish up her last year of high school. Things take a turn for the worse as Vicky's life starts to unravel and murder ensues! Not bad, actually, for a LIFETIME movie.

The title isn't that accurate but premise is interesting and different from the run of the mill Lifetime thriller. A pretty high school drop out just laid off wants a redo of high school. She becomes head cheerleader and dates the popular football player. Ms Walsh looks pretty and is watchable and sympathetic. Not as predictable as the average Lifetime thriller.