Home Wrecker

The dialogues make no sense at all. The protagonist is a lawyer who literally cannot speak, ask a relevant question. She dumps her boyfriend because she thinks he's cheating, without discussing anything with him, or without him telling her is not true. They just act like children, not even children cannot ever be that dumb. This movie is simply a bad joke. It's really that bad and I am amazed that someone who read the script before the movie was made did not see the fact that the dialogues are, in best case, made for third graders. No exaggeration here, third graders. It is even worse than the soap operas with that simple plot that is aimed at creating suspense from miss understandings of basic communication. What we are dealing here is a supposedly smart lawyer who is about to make partners and who does not even have a minimum ability of asking a relevant question to find out if her boyfriend is indeed cheating on her. I am not sure what's worse, the movie itself or just the thought that there are producers who cannot see a really bad script when they see one.

The 2023 thriller "Home Wrecker" from writer and director Stephina Zwane was one that I had never even heard about prior to sitting down and watching it.

And I have to admit that I wasn't exactly harboring a whole lot of expectations to the movie, as the synopsis and the movie's poster seemed like pretty generic stuff. Yet, I still opted to give "Home Wrecker" the benefit of the doubt, and thus sat down to watch it.

Well, the good news is, if you enjoy these generic and predictable thrillers about infidelity, then you're in for a treat here. Because Stephina Zwane delivers something that follows the how-to-make-a-romantic-thriller blueprint by the letter, for better or worse.

Needless to say, that with "Home Wrecker" being a South African movie, then I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble, given my very limited exposure to the South African cinema. The acting performances in the movie, however, were actually fair and adequate, especially when taking into consideration the restrictions of the generic script.

Sure, I sat through the movie, but was only mildly entertained. But then again, this particular subgenre of thrillers is not something I delve into very often. But I am sure that there is an audience out there that will take a liking to the movie, because it wasn't a bad movie.

My rating of "Home Wrecker" lands on a five out of ten stars.

I created an account so that I could comment and tap (helpful) on all the comments here....they spoke for me. In the kindest ways possible. First of all the boyfriend that proposed at the beginning of the movie just let his old friend Kenzie ruin his relationship. Then getting to Tamara, for someone presented as smart, she was so duffed. No fight for what belonged to her. She never communicated with her boyfriend, I mean from the beginning they could have done better........ Everything was so plastic, no,no,no and for a perfect couple those were rookie mistakes that can't happen. As for the partners.... They were paid actors in Kenzie's skim.... The speaking throughout the movie felt like a kindergarten skit.... No I can do better as both an actor and a producer..... conclusion if you get angry at poor and cliche like me don't.... Don't watch it....

The story has been done to death in zillions of movies before across all countries who make cinema!! And then the plot is just so ridiculous!! No logic at all. The Protagonist is a sophisticated lawyer, supposedly intelligent but obviously not! She doesn't ask one relevant question. Even her boyfriend n colleagues r shown as fools!! She just sits there quietly n goes down without putting up a fight. Even dialogues r sad!! Actually it can be funny. The actors r alright given such a shabby screenplay. The only thing i found attractive in this movie was the ladies office attires! Very chic!! I think thts d only reason i could bear to watch the entire movie.