Un secret de famille impardonnable

Nothing happened in this movie except for a boring and predictable end.

The movie revolves around the death of the boyfriend's brother and it's effects on the family, chiefly it's nuanced dysfunction and oddities. It took place over the course of a long weekend, of course during a sudden snowstorm which isolated the group long enough to have old secrets come out. Basically the protagonist girlfriend who was really a stranger to them was able to solve the mystery in 3 days while the local cops had been unable to decipher it for years.

This movie was released on Lifetime in December 5th. I think it was filmed on December 4th. I can't lie, I've seen better acting, so they must have had no time for rehearsals or reshoots. The fake snow scenes at night seen from the windows indoors are just awful! Most Lifetime movies may not be stellar masterpieces but at least they are entertaining. This is neither. Pointless plot with a pointless twist. The chase scene and climax is ridiculous. Don't bother watching the last hour and 25 minutes. No spoiler here except the movie itself.

This movie had an inordinate amount of time spent in the kitchen and the dining room. At the mid-point the group were discussing recipes so much that I was ready for a sidebar cooking instruction (or a walk-on by Martha Stewart).

Look for:

1. The character of poor Angie - so sad!

2. Katherine (Ted's sister) - what a tool.

3. Jacob (Katherine's husband) - he looked stoned throughout the movie - I guess he had to be because he was married to her.

4. Christina shooting her mouth off at the mother's birthday party.

5. The bizarre ending with plot points being shot out one after another.

OK time waster.

Just watched last 30mins of this (channel 5 in UK) whilst pottering around, and although i only saw the last 30 mins, it was so bad that i easily guessed what was what and what had happened. The main thing for me though was the make-up. 2 characters had exactly the same make-up and it suited neither, dark brown matt lipstick way too heavy, and the mother was the same, very heavy matt red lipstick that made her look like a clown. All i could see was the bad lipstick ha ha.