Deceived by My Mother-In-Law

If you asked me what my favorite movie of the modern generation of movies, id say deceived by my mother in law. The plot and the writing make you feel like you were actually there witnessing the events unfold. The deception and mystery of it all make it one of the best. A true classic. If i had to choose between my dog and this movie i would choose this movie. Now of course it cannot compare to the cinematic masterpiece 'the lego movie' it is a close second. The sound design is also a great factor in this. Everytime a vase was broken or a scream was scrumt it was perfect. I love this movie with all my heart.

The story started out OK and kept watching in the hope the story would pan out and develop into a worthwhile film. However fairly early on there were some silly developments...a pointless murder of the hired stalker for the sake of a small payoff, presumably the body was buried in the garden? Then the police officer killed but no follow up erc etc. However the implausible bit beyond measure was the revelation that the perpetrators were well known to the police but no one bothered to look for them and the next episode continued. It's a pity because it coukd have been good if they had hired another writer to iron out the implausible bits.

A married couple has issues when a sharp tongued Mother-in-law moves in with them. Wife is suddenly being stalked. Of course we know it has to be a set up because it is a Lifetime film. Watchable but not overly entertaining. Katie Kelly looks like a young Denise Richards.

Typical LMN fare with the usual twists and the protagonist being mentally unstable and prone to hysteria. I liked: 1. Seeing Jackee Harry and Michael Pare working - and playing a divorced couple! 2. Dey Young playing a very evil mommy. 3. Rib Hillis and Allison McAtee playing the married couple - it didn't seem like they were acting. 4. Katie Kelly and Jeremy Sry and the protagonist's daughter and her boyfriend. I didn't like: 1. The apparent ease Rib Hillis' character was able to kill people. 2. Rib Hillis' gratuitous shirtless scenes - you're nice looking, but enough already! 3. The ending - if you watch it you'll know what I mean!! Have a drink and just waste some time.

Make you old enough to be the mother of Rib Hillis lol. I'm watching the movie now and even though the title obviously tells us what's happening, I'm not buying it. I think a natural question for the wife to ask would be what age did she have James. Lifetime always skirts around normal reactions so I don't expect it to happen. Nothing new here, but it's watchable for a few hours. I do find it ridiculous that the daughter has to speak up to James about his "mother." Why the main character (can't remember her name) isn't standing up for herself is just typical Lifetime. A couple things: in typical Lifetime form yet again, this movie has a body count. How do these con artists expect to scam and stay under the radar if they're killing people? It makes no sense. Also, these shotgun marriages that happen all the time in these movies....why? Part of this scam is James loves his mother so much that he wants to take care of her...so the wife (still can't remember her name) knew nothing of her? I guess it's easy to get scammed in the real world, but for these movies, the lack of natural thinking, logic, and plain old self-preservation before the climax is just ridiculous.

"Now we're family, all of us". Um, you forgot to add the words dysfunctional and/or imbalanced in that sentence. Anyway, a mother-in-law who's not who she says she is, moves in with a mentally unstable woman and her protective daughter. From there conflict, murder, trickery, and chaos ensues. That's the gist of 2021's Deceived by My Mother-In-Law. The mother-in-law in question (Maggie played by Dey Young), doesn't really have a reason for being up to no good. We as the audience never quite know her motives or her hidden agendas. Maggie is also ugly on the inside and unlikable to the point where her rancid personality could be just for show. So yeah, "Mother-In-Law" is directed by Lifetime lifetime-r David DeCoteau. Aside from being in the biz for a good 40 years, this is his 20th or so Lifetime flick in the past four (I'm not kidding). DeCoteau loves having Rib Hillis co-star, he loves having the antagonist get away scot-free, he loves using the phrase "Wrong" in his titles, and he loves his re-gifted shooting locations. I'm not saying the guy's a hack but wait, maybe I am. Deceived by My Mother-In-Law as suck-you-in swipe, further shows that Lifetime films have been on the decline for the past decade. I mean Lifetime use to enthrall you while letting you revel in its nasty, guilty pleasures. Now with DeCoteau at the helm as Lifetime's veritable Sasikumar, you get a product that's workmanlike, mechanical, and well, nutrition-less (and that's despite a bearable plot twist early on). The acting in "Mother-In-Law" is below the Mendoza Line, the editing has enough chop to form a tsunami, and the script about divorce lawyers, shrinks, PIs, and halfway houses has enough banalities to power a small country. Yup, I was "deceived" into thinking anything here could work. Rating: 1.5 stars.

If you asked me what my favorite movie of the modern generation of movies, id say deceived by my mother in law. The plot and the writing make you feel like you were actually there witnessing the events unfold. The deception and mystery of it all make it one of the best. A true classic. If i had to choose between my dog and this movie i would choose this movie. Now of course it cannot compare to the cinematic masterpiece 'the lego movie' it is a close second. The sound design is also a great factor in this. Everytime a vase was broken or a scream was scrumt it was perfect. I love this movie with all my heart.