WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

opieandy-1 Asinine plot, extremely abbreviated conclusion. Ridiculous need to suspend disbelief of absurd things. All involved should be ashamed..

JamieWJackson I give this one 6/10; it kept me interested and was pretty good, but could have been better in some ways.One thing I've seen in some of the other reviews here is that some viewers were confused over how the perception of Christie's guilt developed. *** SPOILER BEGIN *** I think that was explained to a fair degree by the list of things cited to Christie by the principal. A bit too close in the pool one time, a little too friendly when the car was fixed another time, that sort of thing. Those types of "little things" can add up. Now, you might object that it didn't seem realistic to you, but the concept is viable; all that's required is a teacher who is too naive and then a PR blitz by influential people, like the boy's family. Then people can start remembering those "little things" which they might have brushed aside before. *** END OF SPOILER *** It could happen. How well that possibility was depicted here can be debated, but it is possible. To improve this movie, a few things could have been made clearer to the audience, and some of the supporting characters could have been more multidimensional. I do think Berkley did well and disagree with those who characterized her performance here as lacking depth. I thought she reacted very credibly to each development and I empathized with her, even though the character's naiveté in getting into the whole mess in the first place was annoying. Hey, nobody's perfect.

DylanEF1996 This movie all and all is not bad. But most of the time you can guess what will happen. One thing that really caught my attention is that some of the evidence that was/wasn't used. For one the phone call. Why didn't she mention it? He during the call admits what he dis and police could trace the call or listen to recorded conversations. Another things is that if someone really tried an questioned this boy they could get the story out of him. At times this story wasn't realistic but at other times it was. But the actors were great. I really felt bad and concerned when I was suppost to be.In the end I give it a 6/10 if you got free time see it if not then don't.

caa821 There are a couple of prior comments here which opine about this flick's abundance of clichés throughout -- and I agree completely, both with regard to the characters AND the dialog.I'd read about Elizabeth Berkly's awful performance in the equally-awful "Showgirls," which I've never seen - and her performance here, while not awful, is barely up to the standards of Lifetime's worse fare. There was not a hint of depth to her character, but then there probably shouldn't have been. If so, it would have placed the film completely out-of-balance, since there wasn't a hint of depth or charisma - not a trace - in any one character, performer, or portrayal.The principal's handling of Liz's initial complaint after her tutee had kissed her in the hall was laughable. Her husband's initial reaction and advice were likewise (Forrest Gump, attacking Jenny's boyfriend in his car provided a more realistic, intelligent action, and, hell, he was mentally-challenged).The smarmy, unctuous lawyer (excuse the redundancy) father of the lying student actually performed something probably worthy of praise in his performance: he was both laughable and thoroughly annoying at the same time, no mean feat. Her attorney was more of an insensitive nerd, also not unknown in the profession.Finally (and frankly, I rather enjoyed this part), the police were such a collection of insensitive oafs, that you'd rather depend upon Barney Fife, without Andy, to handle all law enforcement and investigation in your community. I know that most real-like cops fall a bit short of the sharpness, intelligence and empathy of the level displayed by most characters on the "Law and Order" series', and the like -- but dolts of this level seem to be a staple on "Lifetime."Finally, I found a kind of "story within a story" fascination with Josh's concoction of his being the "victim" of his teacher. This scripted performance within the story was even worse than his overall performance in the main story. This was something of an achievement, like going from "F" to "F-minus."This whole lame situation should have been resolved - in real life - in about 15 minutes, following a realistic meeting between teacher and school authorities, with husband involved. But then that would have precluded the contrived drama following, and left an hour's blank film in the camera. But the writer(s) here, proved with their ending, they could do even worse. When the situation was finally "resolved" and "righted," this was accomplished in all of about 45 seconds, with no indication of what measures might have been forthcoming in any "real world" context for the perpetrator and his parents, or whether they might have been able to find some sort of path toward redemption.This one's a 2* presentation; the second "*" because it does have some mild "fascination."