Just watch the Max docu-series, and skip this Lifetime junk
Jennifer Grey is fine (the two star rating from me), but this film is nothing more than a lame paint-by-numbers coverage of the events, and not entirely accurate.
I fully expect a limited series on one of the streamers in the future. This story is too good. LOTS of interesting details not covered in this basic TV movie. And yes, this version is EXACTLY what you'd expect from Lifetime.
The guy playing her second husband is totally miscast. Very cartoonish.
The real-life Gwen Shamblin WAS, herself, cartoonish, and this film plays down her outlandish personality.
This was filmed in Montreal (!), but it does feel like Tennessee. I know Franklin, so that aspect is fine. However, Lifetime is cheap, and films most of their junk in Canada, like the awful Hallmark Channel.
I fully expect a limited series on one of the streamers in the future. This story is too good. LOTS of interesting details not covered in this basic TV movie. And yes, this version is EXACTLY what you'd expect from Lifetime.
The guy playing her second husband is totally miscast. Very cartoonish.
The real-life Gwen Shamblin WAS, herself, cartoonish, and this film plays down her outlandish personality.
This was filmed in Montreal (!), but it does feel like Tennessee. I know Franklin, so that aspect is fine. However, Lifetime is cheap, and films most of their junk in Canada, like the awful Hallmark Channel.
- Ripshin
- Oct 17, 2023