The Stranger in My Home

I don't know what you think this movie is but it is not what you are thinking. Definitely not what the trailer makes you think it is.

The movie has a "TV" vibe all over it. The production quality, the editing (switching between scenes), everything smells low budget.

The trailer looked intriguing. So I decided to give it a try. The acting is Okay and convincing enough but characters' actions are not believable. That is not how humans would act when being in these situations. Fortunately, the movie is not that long, which is why when I realized it wasn't worth the watch, it was already half-way through. The movie ended just like you thought it would end.

This is a sneaky good watch...sure it feels like a long version of an old school usa show (psych monk white collar etc.) but this is a nice homage to what parental fear is like...and how we define family...don't sleep on this flick...really worth your time... i'll fill this time with my usual nonsense... we have set the bar to high for movies these days... for example... this month

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really...it's not about the actors anymore... it's about the writing... sure there are places in this movie where the acting might have been...DIFFERENT...with a higher paid actor...but i wouldn't have believed them more...and i truly doubt it would have been better... this movie was well cast...was thoughtfully and well written...and extremely well acted...in fact i'll give it a rewatch in a week or two... because...it got to a lot of me... parent...check horror...check creepy...check i'm a father and if anybody ever put my kid in danger i would..............check check check (imdb doesn't allow emojis...but will all you to review the movie...go figure) so yeah... good movie...do yourself a favor and give it a view.

I knew it would be Lifetime levels of cringe, but because it has a couple of my favorites in it, I didn't expect it to be quite THIS bad. 🤣

Really, really bad acting by most of the cast, cheesy, knew exactly what was going to happen about ten minutes into the movie, lacking transitions and it would just pop up with a new scene/storyline out of nowhere, and really weird to follow with way too many coincidences or weird insertions for "drama" that were really stupid, my husband and I laughed through most of it. I love Chris Carmack and Sophia Bush was a favorite from One Tree Hill, but not even they were enough to kind of save it.

Was this a made for TV movie that I just happened to catch off regular tv? If not, I seen better lifetime movies...I really expected better. I had a feeling I was in for it when a supposed "serious drama/thriller" started off the opening credits by intruding the actors like a TV show by displaying their name with a picture one after one. I started laughing more than I was on the edge of my seat. The plot itself had a chance to make for a pretty good movie, but it just was played out as well as it could have or as well as I hoped. I had never heard of this but often will watch something Inbthat manner. Many times I'm surprised and really like the movie, this was far from one of those times.

The Stranger in My Home is a solid, twisty domestic thriller that had me hooked from the start. Sophia Bush absolutely carries this film-she's raw, emotional, and totally believable as a mom whose life unravels when a mysterious man shows up claiming her daughter was switched at birth. And let's talk about Chris Carmack for a second-menacing, mysterious, and ridiculously sexy. Like, sir, please ruin my family if you're going to look like that. The film leans a little dramatic in parts, but honestly, that's part of the fun. It's suspenseful, stylish, and just messy enough to keep you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for a cozy night in with wine and friends who love a good plot twist.