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A Mother's Secret

Original title: Dying for a Daughter
  • TV Movie
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
185
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A Mother's Secret (2020)
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After a terrifying car accident leaves her adolescent daughter severely injured, Samantha hires a live-in nurse who may have ulterior motives for helping.After a terrifying car accident leaves her adolescent daughter severely injured, Samantha hires a live-in nurse who may have ulterior motives for helping.After a terrifying car accident leaves her adolescent daughter severely injured, Samantha hires a live-in nurse who may have ulterior motives for helping.

  • Director
    • Fred Olen Ray
  • Writers
    • Fred Olen Ray
    • Jeffrey Schenck
    • Peter Sullivan
  • Stars
    • Brittany Underwood
    • Melanie Nelson
    • Brandon Ray Olive
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    185
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fred Olen Ray
    • Writers
      • Fred Olen Ray
      • Jeffrey Schenck
      • Peter Sullivan
    • Stars
      • Brittany Underwood
      • Melanie Nelson
      • Brandon Ray Olive
    • 13User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Brittany Underwood
    Brittany Underwood
    • Margaret
    Melanie Nelson
    Melanie Nelson
    • Sam
    Brandon Ray Olive
    Brandon Ray Olive
    • Tom
    Scarlett Roselynn
    Scarlett Roselynn
    • Cassie
    Karina Gale
    Karina Gale
    • Karen
    • (as Karina Segura)
    James Jamison
    • Dr. Phillips
    Malinda Money
    • Nurse Williams
    Charan Prabhakar
    • Medic Blake
    Yolanda Stange
    Yolanda Stange
    • Detective Sullivan
    Jill Adler
    Jill Adler
    • Mrs. Bateman
    Richard Benedict
    • Jimmy
    David Stanley
    • Officer Jacobs
    Jeff Perkins Hyde
    Jeff Perkins Hyde
    • Jimmy
    • Director
      • Fred Olen Ray
    • Writers
      • Fred Olen Ray
      • Jeffrey Schenck
      • Peter Sullivan
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    1shona_916

    Just bad

    Everything was just bad. The writing, the directing and the acting. I just can't believe someone paid money to have this movie made and be put on TV. I don't understand why all this money keeps getting wasted.
    6ThunderKing6

    No reference checks required

    Eye candy movie.

    November 11th after the 11th hour in year 2023rd.

    Genre:

    Family drama, mental illness, feminist.

    What was this tv movie about?:

    It was about a syco femmy. Supposedly wanting to be back in her daughter's life. So she Loki's her way into the house.

    The story and the production overview:

    The mother looked like the Shehulk actress.

    They story was interesting. The execution of the film was fine.

    The acting wasn't bad in most parts in my opinion.

    From my perspective the mother was foolish for not doing reference check and leaving her dot alone right away with a stranger.

    The fed lady was a tool. She potential almost got the mother killed because she couldn't just go to the cafe.

    Overall a good film nevertheless for its tier level.

    Highlight:

    Nothing really... Eye candy was alright I guess.

    Moral:

    Do reference checks and unlock your vast intuition.

    Rating:

    It was fine.

    Final words:

    The ending could have been better.
    1momsipadonly

    Couldn't get any worse

    Simply the worst. Horrible acting start to finish if I wasn't so Covid trapped and bored would never have bothered to finish watching.
    10vaundrem

    Great acting!

    Karina Segura was great! Her acting was believable. Hope to see more of her in thriller movies!
    6coltras35

    A mother's secret

    On a mountain road in the dead of night mother Samantha (Melanie Nelson) and her 10-year-old daughter Cassie (Scarlett Roselynn) are involved in a car accident. It runs off the road and Sam is relatively unscathed but Cassie is badly injured and ends up needing a wheelchair. While at a hospital undergoing a large blood transfusion, the hospital staff learn that Cassie was adopted, which causes a nurse named Margaret Smith (Brittany Underwood) to get the job of live-in nurse to take care of Cassie after she's released from the hospital. She does this by impersonating Rachel, another nurse from her agency, and of course she's up to no good.

    What occurs after this is typical Hallmark thriller. A psycho nurse nurses someone's child, plans to take over, become the mother and get the husband. It's a well worn idea/plot which efficiently acted, however what lifts this up from average is Brittany Underwood's performance. She's beautiful, yet deadly and conveys this so well.

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      In the next to last scene, Rebecca/Margaret gives Sam a beating, including several blows to the face. In the last scene, presumably some time later, there's barely a mark on her face, light bruising on her right cheek. At the least, she should have black and blue marks at her eyes and possibly bleeding, a broken nose.

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dying for a Daughter
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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