Lifetime Movie: An Unexpected Love

[Rosenberg]

I actually fell asleep around 10:15 so I never got to see the end. What I did manage to stay awake for I found to be rather slow, plodding and predictable. But it was a made for Lifetime movie and I heard that no lesbians died or went crazy so I guess I should be thankful for that.

[lauriebear]

saw it...it was ok, I agree with all the comments here.



Wendy was great....but the other actress, the lead actress, blew big time. Maybe it was the material. but sorry I wasn't feeling it.

[Rane018]

ok, thinking a bit more about the film i think my favorite part actually had to do with Mac's previous relationship with Lauren(?). it was touching/interesting to see her mourn and realistically let herself love Kate at the same time. i liked how Mac was still loyal to Lauren's brother and how he spoke about how Lauren would probably like Kate. i have to admit that choked me up. and the part that Mac's talking about the beginnings of their relationship also teared my eyes (how she was chased and didn't want to admit she loved her like that). I would have rather seen that story without the dying in the end part of course. had enough of that already....



but yeah it's a lifetime movie that deals mainly with the family reactions and not the love story. at least it had a happy lesbian ending.

"Take care of my heart, won't you please? Take care of it because it's all that I have. And if you let me, I'll take care of your heart too." Pure sweetness in the look between Willow and Tara.

[Lesbadar]

Poor sad pathetic Cdn. Kitten wondering if anyone taped the movie and is willing to lend it???



Lesbadar

[mocha fiend 22]

i liked it until i saw her mom i kept screaming what a bitch and i thought the friend was too. it was an ok movie but it had lifetime written all over it

I love you now and forever and a week

[Sela]

I've seen many a Lifetime Movie, and I have to say that this is among the worst ever made, but I attribute it to poor directing, editing and stylistic choices than to the acting. The actors were wonderful. But I felt that the story was all over the place. They were trying to tell too many stories within two hours--divorce, becoming a lesbian, adjusting to new family situations, death--and it bogged down the entire movie. It began so oddly--"Okay, honey, so you're saying we should get a divorce. Fine. Let me find a place." And that was it. It was strange and it didn't feel natural. And then the lesbian relationship came into play, and while the actresses did their part to convey real emotion, the direction seemed off. For example, they had already had sex but they were acting like strangers. They hardly touched, they didn't sit near one another, and they generally avoided eye contact. It seemed too strained. Then the heavy-handed PSA at the end of the movie just added to the general "huh?" about the entire movie. I didn't walk away feeling like I learned a damn thing about anything, so I really did feel the PSA was completely out of place. All in all, I felt that "The Truth About Jane" far eclipsed this movie in terms of message and follow-through of that message. Also, Stockard Channing in any movie is a big PLUS in my department. In any case, these are just my thoughts.



--Sela

[Minn]

Well my favorite part was near the beginning when Mac went off on how just because she's gay doesn't mean she wants to sleep with every female in the world. because I have had that happen to me one to many times you come out to a group of friends and they thing you are gonna hit on them or on every girl in sight. But I felt that the chemistry just wasn't there when they kissed they were always three feet apart and leaning in the weren't in each others arms holding and comforting one another. So they really didn't make a convincing couple to me.... no where near Willow and Tara quality but what can you expect from lifetime. over all though It wasn't as bad as the lifetime move about the women who got a brain transplant.

[Gatito Grande]

I finally saw this today. OK, I could almost deal w/ the Lifetime-o-rama. Could we please throw in one just more crisis, one more heartache, one more victimization? (Kate should have been tarred and feathered to make the set complete).



And I thought the acting was fine. To be honest, I've seen "Better Than Chocolate" and I don't remember Wendy Crewson at all. However, I agree w/ one online TV critic I read recently who said "24" just hasn't been the same this year w/o Leslie Hope (even though her role there was rather Lifetime-ish to say the least!)---she really was the soul of that show (i.e. I like her). But what could anyone really do w/ that script?



What bothered me most though, was the way their "intimate" relationship began. So Kate just comes over "Poor me, I'm all alone and it's my fault" and suddenly starts kissing Mac? I mean, I can see how "comfort" can become romantic, but this didn't feel right (to me) at all. It felt like Kate was manipulating Mac---not a good lesbian image to be putting out there, even if Kate was the "inexperienced" partner.



The love scene? I had to turn the sound off, it was just too cheesy! All it lacked was the "dulcet little birdies" Angelus was mocked! (OK, maybe I'm too cynical )



I feel that, if edited, it could make a good "So, you're thinking of becoming a lesbian" how-to video. Otherwise



GG Surely Brent can find more to do, even if he's done playing "Data"? Out