House of Deadly Lies

One thing that made absolutely no sense from the beginning is, this couple made zero sense. Frumpy whining wife. Drinking D. B. nasty tempered husband who works all of the time doing what? Absolute casting mess. The kid was just annoying. Paige was almost unwatchable. She brought nothing but a major downer vibe from beginning to the end. I'm glad I record these movies because it only takes me less than an hour of wasting my time. The ending was a nice surprise even though I knew pretty much the ending 30 minutes in from a couple of scenes. The husband played a pretty good thoughtless bad guy which helped. The women and the kid just ruined for me.

The actors really struggle with the dialogue as it's all short sentences and put together in short bursts. It reminds me of a high school play where everyone has their lines written on the backs of their hands for the current scene.

Predictable story line, and fast forwarding ended up getting me to the expected ending in under 30 minutes, which is entirely too long to spend watching this thing.

All minor actors with a few first timers. I'm sure the director/writer is a novice as well as he/she isn't even listed on this page.

That's probably a good thing actually. Deny, deny deny. Not much else to say. 1/10. Not even good practice for first time students out of film school.

Housewife Paige Johnson (Katy Breier) has a boy and is concerned about the changes in her husband Michael Johnson (Jon McLaren) especially after inviting her troubled pregnant best friend Joslyn (Leah Jane McKenney) to stay with them since Joslyn has nowhere else to go.

This is a Lifetime movie. It is what it is. It is another Lifetime movie with another toxic guy. Jon McLaren is doing some overacting. It does take some interesting if somewhat unlikely turns. This needs to set up Joslyn more. All the setups are a little thin. There are little holes where things are not explained. I wouldn't call them plot holes as much as plot skips. It's Lifetime.

So stay at home mother takes in her strugling stay at home friend to help her through a tough time which takes many many months. They both don't work, just stay at home all day and do nothing. But they both are victims. Neither of them tries to get a job and contribute to the household expenses. The friend is having a baby at some point and still lives in the house where only husband works, whatever his work is, it puts the food on the table.

But hey, let's make the husband the bad guy, let's make him a crook, yeah, why not. He want the friend to be gone but noooo, the wife wants her to stay and do nothing.

Btw, I would like to know who pays for her hospital bills covering costs of delivering the baby.

Well, it was a really bad movie, a horrible and ridiculeous story.

And I am not even getting into the actig skills.

And one more thing, IMDb requires 600 characters for one reason only, to discourage people from commenting.

Paige Johnson takes in her pregnant friend Joslyn. The two have known each other since high school and Joslyn is going through a rough patch. Paige is married to Michael and together they have a son. Then secrets come to light, which could potentially tear the family apart.

A solid lifetime thriller that is less corny than its kind. It's simply plotted yet gripping and has effective acting especially by Katy Brier who realises her husband isn't what he seems. He's controlling, a rapist and isn't a real estate employee but runs with drug dealers. This type of story is well treaded but this is a strong example.