I realize this is Lifetime and we know what we're getting when we watch. But there are occasions when Lifetime does a really decent job, and that makes it harder to ignore the bad ones. This movie was not good. There's a lot happening in it. Even as a "thriller," this movie could have existed fine as just a triangle/affair/abuse storyline. No, they had to add other crimes. As if being an abuser wasn't enough?
The wife and the friend have some chemistry, but not a ton. Early in the movie, before the bar scene, some things seemed way too obvious in front of the husband given his volatile nature. The lunches for the partner (her eventual lover) and just the way they interacted.....I think they danced at the bar?? I don't know, maybe it's me.
Again, I realize this is Lifetime, and they aren't Hallmark or other romance stories where people declare their love, but this movie needed that to me. This partner was supposedly so in love with her all this time, but feelings are never discussed (unless I missed it). It didn't take them long to sleep together after she ran and not really in that built up tension way. It literally would have taken a few lines of dialogue to add something to their "relationship." Particularly to clarify that she wasn't just into him bc he was her white knight (come on, he was).
Not even going to get into the nonsensical on-the-run portion of the story. That's when I really stopped taking this movie as anything. It was so unnecessary. The part that really annoyed me was after the altercation outside of the bar, instead of literally going inside and reporting to the chief what happened, the partner (honestly don't care about these characters' names) runs off with the wife and allows the abusive husband to set the narrative. How was that the logical course of action. Oh! And he could have called is boss the next morning to let her know what happened. But no, he thinks going on the run makes more sense. By that point, it's all out in teh open (how the partner feels) so what exactly was he protecting the husband for. He's a freaking cop....he's surely dealt with abusers before...all he did was anger him. He should have reported it.
Then the bit about the wife having some illness that is fatal if she doesn't have her pills...but her doctor doesn't consult her before allowing her husband to stop the prescription (he was using it as leverage to get her back to the house)? It was so absurd.
I agree with others that the movie does drag on because of the extra unnecessary plot elements, and none of the characters are all that sympathetic, so the movie feels neverending.
