Secrets in a Small Town

Claire Porter and her daughter Sarah move to a small town from Chicago. She is the new vice principal. Sarah is a basketball jock. The undefeated high school team is coached by Ruth Simmons. After showing out against the team, Sarah is invited to join and the team is having a party for her. Next day, Claire can't find her daughter.

This is good Lifetime. The no-name cast and the limited production do restrict it to B-movie territory. Maybe I've seen the coach from somewhere before. The mystery could be held back for a little longer. I don't like the TV showing the pulling of the table cloth. It cheapens the climatic scene.

The story is not, with the new topic, but the amalgamation of the actors in their roles, especially the main heroine claire "Kate Drummond" who performed the role professionally, was a good addition to the film, the occasional monotony of events, did not add anything, new except that it showed the suffering of the mother in her search for her daughter, and that the coach Ruth "Ray kihlstedt" She managed to play the role in a personal balance, for a coach educational mentor, and also for a mother who suffers from severe and Disturbing strange behaviors. The important thing is that the film is beautiful and powerful in the dimension that his personalities have granted to it! Hassan Balaouane.

Watched this on lifetime movie network. It actually kept me alert and i was eager to see how it would end. Great acting as well. Kept me on the edge of my seat.

Good example of a made for tv movie. Solid acting, i liked the fact for this mild thriller/drama that the actions of such characters was fairly realistic to real life and expectation. Often characters and their idiotic behaviour/decision making is what ruins a movie.

The closing scenes are the only part that did not ring true for me, could have been handled differently but overall a good watch!

"Secrets in a Small Town" is a solid movie by any standard. By Lifetime movie standards, it's excellent. That's not a knock on Lifetime movies. I watch them all the time but you know what I mean. This movie was suspenseful and heartbreaking at the same time. Kate Drummond gives an excellent performance. The rest of the cast is good as well. The only demerit I give this movie is that it uses the old "true story" thing. I'm not so sure it is. But that doesn't really matter, "Secrets in a Small Town" is a very good watch.