Un mari aux deux visages

It's about time. We have been watching and hoping for one of the 2023 releases to be good and we have been utterly disappointed...until now. This was a very good movie with a very good plot- and a couple of twists that kept even us guessing right up until the end.

The movie held our attention all the way through and we were as baffled by the twists as Katrina was. Katie Page did an excellent job of playing the two faced mistress and I was stunned when she turned out to be not the person Katrina and I thought she was.

This is a must watch movie, although it would not be good a second time through as all the twists would be known. Watch it!

The Man with My Husband's Face is a quietly gripping thriller that unfolds with just the right balance of suspense and emotional depth. The story follows a woman whose husband disappears during a kayaking trip-presumed drowned. But when she glimpses a man who looks exactly like him, it sets off a slow-burning unraveling of everything she thought she knew.

Koko Marshall is outstanding in the lead role-she brings a grounded intensity to the character, portraying grief, confusion, and determination in a way that feels deeply human. Her emotional range anchors the film, and she makes even the most surreal twists feel believable.

Tom Gipson (credited as Jacob) plays his role with a subtle charm and ambiguity, keeping us guessing at every turn. Katrina Grierson and Katie Page provide excellent support, while Prisca Geddings and Benjamin David Dennis round out the cast with strong, believable performances that add texture to the story.

There's a quiet elegance to the pacing-it doesn't rely on loud jump scares or flashy reveals. Instead, it invites you into a psychological mystery, one that plays out more like a puzzle than a spectacle. It's about grief, identity, trust-and what happens when those things collide.

This film will especially appeal to fans of character-driven mysteries and psychological dramas. With its layered performances and compelling central mystery, The Man with My Husband's Face is a thoughtful and satisfying watch that stays with you long after the credits roll.

This was pretty good for a Lifetime mystery/thriller. I didn't find it predictable at all, and was surprised by the twists all the way up to the end.

The only problem I had with this movie is that throughout the entire thing, Katrina never had one shred of actual proof. She had her own eyewitness account, but it was still her word against theirs, and there was already a question of her sanity.

Even at the end, where was the proof that any crime had been committed, especially since as other reviewers pointed out, the part about the attorney was just dropped.

I thought the cop was going to come in with some breakthrough information, but nope. He only showed up at the house when he noticed Katrina escaped from the little holding room. Still with absolutely no proof, the cop at the end says "I still can't believe everything you were saying was true..."

Also if the cops put everybody who appears delusional in for a 72 hour hold, the hospitals would be overflowing. Katrina was raving, but not a danger to herself or anyone else.

But aside from those plot holes the story was pretty good.

This aired again last night, and was uniquely riveting. The characters alone, and the portrayal by each actor was enough to carry it, but then it was a great storyline too. Katrina was interesting, and not like all the others I see in Lifetime movies. It did mystify me as to what she saw in Heath to begin with. She didn't let up on Detective Brand, no matter how skeptical he was. Ultimately, their onscreen time together, their conversations were, again, unique. The twists were surprising. As some of the other reviewers have mentioned, I did wonder why they never followed up on the murder of the lawyer. I'm assuming he was murdered because he was trying to take care of the "loophole" of the trust passing to her husband if she was proven incapacitated, as Heath was trying to do by telling the detective she was on meds for her mental illness. She obvioulsy wasn't confused after all, and never backed down no matter what Detective Brand said. The ending was great too, I loved it!

Sorry guys, you missed the mark on this one. Slow moving, drawn out scenes due to thin storyline, disjointed, predictable, offensive, and unappealing leads. The only appealing character, a lawyer, was quickly written out of the story. There was one line that was quite offensive. It was spoken by a black character who ran a kayak shop "I am normally loathe to involve the boys in blue, but..." why would she ever be "loathe" to involve cops? Is Lifetime endorsing the belief that cops seek to hurt innocent people? Why would you include a line like that in a Lifetime movie? I'm going to have to take a break from Lifetime after this fail.