Tech Conversations With Dad

Nothing new or really interesting here. I won't rehash the plot, but I'll say I got tired of watching it. I understand that it's part of the plot, but no one ever questions why all these things start happening when a person arrives in their lives. It's very rare this isn't the case, but the majority of these films have people die before they wake up. The father was the most gullible and as a doctor, I'm sure he had to have even a basic understanding of psychology. I realize we all watch these knowing what we're in for, but this movie would have been a change of pace had Sam just been waging psychological and emotional warfare on the family...only to have her worldview shattered by the knowledge that her mom kept her from her dad and his family. Without the body count, she could have had a final breakdown and they could have shown the family trying to heal from everything, Sam included, in therapy sessions or something. I just find myself wondering why these villains always have to kill. Nothing here justifies it to me. Then the ending..is she dead? In a hospital? Prison? Completely abrupt ending. Give it a watch if you want to, but I did quit half way through to get to the end.

Everyone in this movie is an idiot! Everyone!! Everyone in this movie is an idiot! Everyone!! Everyone in this movie is an idiot! Everyone!! Everyone in this movie is an idiot! Everyone!!

The influence that Samantha "Sam" Carlisle exerts on her "new" family was unconvincing from start to finish. Dr. Greg Carlisle and his wife, Dr. Katie Carlisle, have two beautiful children in Tommy and Lauren. In short order, Sam takes a wrecking ball to that family. In his first marriage, Greg had sired Sam, but the ex-wife forbade her from ever having contact with her father. But after the mother died while inside a house that "exploded," young Sam has now taken up residence with Greg, Katie, and the kids. Her intention is to have her beloved dad to herself. Greg was so gullible in failing to recognizing the danger signs of Sam's erratic behavior that the family conflicts were never believable. Sam sets up poor Lauren, who is nearly assaulted by soccer player Milo Venetta. Sam convinces Greg to believe that his wife was intimate with Ryan, the nice auto mechanic and soccer coach. Sam pushes Tommy down a hill, resulting in a broken leg. Greg never understands the workings of his daughter's mind until it is too late. The film was far too unpleasant with the death poor Heather Hewitt, stabbed by Sam, who deposits Heather's body deep in the Sactacose Woods of the North Valley. Katie's dear friend Ryan is bludgeoned to death. Katie herself is stabbed in the abdomen by Sam, who even intends to kill her siblings, whom she calls Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The film's denouement that depicts a happy Carlisle family united in a playful romp in the park rang hollow, especially after Greg's complete betrayal of Katie. It is difficult to imagine how that relationship could ever be repaired.

This reeks at being a glorified TV movie with so many one dimensional characters that are so bad it is unintentionally comical. The simple plotline is that an estranged daughter comes to live with her dad after many years of separation. However, her dad has moved on and had another family. They welcome her into the family but there is something quite off with her... The title of the film gives away the twist... If you like your soap operas drama you might enjoy this but for the rest of you, this is one cheese feast of a film that is as predictable as it idiot.