A Friend's Betrayal

I liked this film, sure the ending was a bit on the predictable side but for a change it is nice to see that the lovers were a younger man and older woman.

So many movies made where much older man has younger female lover but the roles are seldom reversed, and if ever they never come off without making the woman "evil." On the whole I liked this movie.

Also the fact Sharon Lawrence was the lover is a beautiful woman, and a great actor to boot.

Movie is called Stolen youth, so why give it a different name? It's too confusing. When I did a search here (IMDB), it wasn't coming up. It is titled a friends betrayal or similar!

Anyway, for an old movie it was ok. Bit slow

I don't particularly like Sharon Lawrence, but I thought I'd give it a try... I rarely miss a Lifetime movie! Brian Austin Green has been in a bunch of Lifetime movies, and while they may not exactly be box-office thrillers, they're usually not bad, either. But this movie is exactly that ... bad. I cannot believe that I wasted two hours of my life sitting through this movie. I kept waiting for it to get better, but it never did. I definitely would not recommend this movie to anyone. You can certainly find something better to do with 2 hours ... even if it's staring at a wall! Feel free to e-mail me to discuss movies any time.

This movie was pretty good. I saw it when I was visiting my aunt and uncle last May in California. It is perfect for any mom who finds that her son is betraying her along with her best friend. If anybody goes to rent this movie, I would totally recommend it! Even though I'm only seventeen, I still liked this "adult" movie. "Adult" movies are more interesting to me than "young adult" movies. Brian Austin Green & Sharon Lawrence did fantastic jobs as Paul, the high school senior & Nina, his mom's best friend. My favorite parts were in Paris and all the beautiful scenery. If I ever saw this movie again, I would definitely cry.

This film recently aired on Lifetime, and it saddens me to see the same old woman vs. woman clichéd combat repeated on a network purportedly catering to women. That is, to the woman who follows all of society's stereotypes. Lawrence's character is demonized for corrupting the young man (when it is quite clear that he, not her, is the aggressor) and for incidents stemming, in fact, from the ranting mother's actions. The film lost me almost entirely when during a long hysterical scene brandishing words like "child molester" and threats to call the police it turned out that the fellow was 18 - an age legal for sexual activity in every state in the Union, then as now! The ending is predictable and caters to Moral "Majority" expectations.

The film had its moments, the cinematography was fine and the love scenes torrid, but you don't sit through two hours of film to see ten good minutes if you have any sense.

Rating: 4/10