Disappearance in Yellowstone

I'm usually ok with Lifetime movies. I know most have repetitive themes but they are usually pretty good. This movie is terrible. The characters make ridiculous decisions. The mother character is supposed to be looking for her daughter who has been kidnapped, but is distracted by falling in love. This is probably the most annoying part of the storyline. It's just not realistic at all. If your kid is missing you would not be worried about kissing & cuddling while out trying to find them. They pass getting help from the police that are always right there.

I'm giving it a 5 because the acting is decent. The actors can't help the story line is terrible.

First, growing up very close to Yellowstone, I really was expecting more. I Even tried to give the producers the benefit of the doubt that they could not shoot on location in Yellowstone due to budget constraints. But with all that said, this still turned out to be a crappy film and a poor sell of whatever they used to try and look like Yellowstone. The folage was off, the Park signs and Ranger uniforms were not even close. The town could of maybe fit for West Yellowstone, MT. Maybe. Stock footage of Old Faithful geyser, or Yellowstone Falls might have help sold the location but they did not even do that. Lastly, city and county law enforcement never ever do any murder or criminal investigations in a National Park. National Park Service law enforcement Rangers have jurastiction in all Federal National Park Boundaries. It would have been turned over to them. All these blunders ruined this film and turned what could have been somewhat of a watchable film into a technical diaster. They did no research on this film and it showed.

Jessie (Lucie Guest) is driving her daughter Michelle (Cassandra Sawtell) and passing through Yellowstone. The car breaks down. Mother and daughter are fighting. While Jessie goes off to find help, Michelle locks herself in the car. Jessie finds mechanic Grant (Jonathan Scarfe). Michelle gets kidnapped by Park Ranger Nolan (Aren Buchholz). When Jessie and Grant get back to the car, Michelle is gone. Grant calls the police and Jessie resists for unknown reasons. Officer Stoddard (Reese Alexander) arrives and has a history with Grant.

First, they shot British Columbia for Yellowstone. Deal with it. I can see other problems. Grant really should not get so far into this situation. I don't know why he goes with the lie to the cop in the first place. He already has a checkered past. Of course, there wouldn't be a movie without that. Maybe, the cop should be a bully which suggests something more nefarious. In that way, Grant would lie to him as a matter of everyday living. One does have to get over this awkward premise although the romance is not helping considering the situation.

Horrible acting and the characters were completely unrealistic. They tried REALLY hard to make a suspense movie but you spend the every moment thinking how stupid the plot is. I'm not sure why I suffered through the entire thing.

Mother and daughter both had multiple chances to escape or fight off their attacker, but instead decided to scream or stand around looking afraid. Oh, and leaving him with an armed weapon when you had the chance to grab it was a great move.

Also, the bear....really!? Really!? That was convenient.

I would recommend saving your time and picking something else to watch. You will thank me.

First of all... The Mother -Daughter relationship is ridiculous. Like...she's taking her daughter on the run to escape an abusive husband/father...But, then proceeds to leave her in a car on the side of the road?...sure, she locked her mom out of the car...but really? You'd bust a window and bring them with you, before leaving your angry teenager with a broke down car in the middle of nowhere.

Secondly, when the officer arrives and arrests the mother, doesn't believe her, assumes the daughter ran off....seriously?

I have so much more to say, but I can't even form it into anything... The whole movie is hot garbage. I'm shocked that any streaming service allows it to take up space in their library.