I must admit that when I sat down to watch this 2021 Lifetime TV thriller, I wasn't really expecting a whole lot. But with it being a new movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I took the time to sit down and watch it. Who knew, perhaps it would be an interesting thriller.
Yeah, hardly so, as writer Anna White and director Randy Carter just managed to deliver a bland and generic storyline and movie. The movie was just using every single generic trope that has been seen and done in many other thrillers before it, and more often than not, done far better. And the fact that "Killer Cheer Mom" was rather predictable just didn't really do much to lift up the overall movie experience.
Sure, the storyline told here was fair enough for a thriller of this magnitude. However, you shouldn't go about thinking you'll be in for a grand movie experience when you sit down to watch "Killer Cheer Mom" though, then you'll be sorely mistaken and disappointed. The movie was watchable, but that was about it, because as a thriller it was bland, generic and not a memorable one at that.
The acting in the movie was adequate, again taking into consideration the type of thriller that this is. Of course it is Denise Richards that is the lure for dragging in the audience here. And while I am not a particular fan of hers, then I will say that "Killer Cheer Mom" was not among her best of movies.
I am rating "Killer Cheer Mom" a generous four out of ten stars. I managed to sit through this generic thriller, but it is not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time, nor is it a thriller that I would recommend for fans of the thriller genre.
