Outwardly, Emma Grossman (Mckenna Grace) seems like a regular girl, but there is a darkness within her. As the incidents mount, her widowed father David Grossman (Rob Lowe) is forced to face the truth. It doesn't help that the nanny Chloe (Sarah Dugdale) is adding to the problems.
Lifetime is trying to reboot the 1950's story and movie. It made sense for the post-war baby boom to generate some darker stories. As a reboot, this go-around doesn't have quite the relevance. Lifetime TV movie is a step down, but Mckenna Grace keeps it interesting. Rob Lowe is both the star and the director. The directing is pedestrian. His acting is fine, but I would go a different way. I would make the parent a widowed mother and take the awkward sexuality out of it. Rob seems to think that Lifetime needed him to be shirtless and wet. Despite some issues, Mckenna Grace is a star in the making and it shows.
Lifetime is trying to reboot the 1950's story and movie. It made sense for the post-war baby boom to generate some darker stories. As a reboot, this go-around doesn't have quite the relevance. Lifetime TV movie is a step down, but Mckenna Grace keeps it interesting. Rob Lowe is both the star and the director. The directing is pedestrian. His acting is fine, but I would go a different way. I would make the parent a widowed mother and take the awkward sexuality out of it. Rob seems to think that Lifetime needed him to be shirtless and wet. Despite some issues, Mckenna Grace is a star in the making and it shows.