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First off, I have a "beef" with Laura Wiggins for the antics she pulled as Karen Jackson on Shameless. Lol Beef aside though, she's a good actress and this was a pretty decent movie. Especially for Lifetime. It had it's dumb character moments. I mean, can ANY teen say no to a peer with a stupid plan? But overall, it was less idiotic than most of the movies I've seen on Lifetime. As for the people griping about the main character and her mom only having a 7 year age difference IRL, grow up! It's not like Laura Wiggins LOOKS 32! She actually looks like she could be a teenager! The movie was pretty good. Just watch it for the story and u might be pleasantly surprised.

This is a strong ethical story that fits in the dramatic genre rather than horror. I would say it embraces the concept of inclusiveness and strong independent female characters. But the story is sound and the conflict is both interesting and thought provoking. It's a good.example of the new directives in storytelling. In that, it might come across a bit condescending.

I was reading some reviews and just needed to rebut a few comments Firstly, lifetime movies don't demonise people who have had bad lives/mental illness etc. However in most movies when there is a villain there is some reason behind it. People who are mentally well or have great lives, don't just go around killing people. Secondly, the age gap was not noticeable to me. I actually thought the main actress was young. I would have never guessed 32. Thirdly, the movie does show some bad decisions by the characters. Especially the end of the movie when the bf throws his phone into the water for solidarity lol. But overall the movie was enjoyable. It's not going to win any awards it's not deserving of those 1 Star reviews.

Another in many offerings from LMN (why does every film have murder in it?) that are primarily built upon poor writing and casting. This epic is set against a social media (primarily focused on an site like "instagram" hence the title) backdrop of over active teens trying to impress and outdo each other in the virtual world. We have Sasha, the queen bee at her high school and a large social presence, vying for attention when along comes foster girl Kelly who has just moved there 3 months ago, in her own words, been in many (five six seven...) homes during her teens, and is trying to unseat Sasha while living in a caricature foster home with a lusting foster father that she calls the best she has ever had, yet then she causes him to O. D. and tries to hide behind online popularity to escape the consequences. Next we have Maddie (Laura Wiggins) and her mother (Nicky Whelan), who in actuality are only 7 years different in real age, trying to help Kelly yet we see Maddie start to morph into a Sasha/Kelly online persona. The hashtag #suckitsasha should instead be directed at the film title as in #suckitmovie The only bright spot, though limited in screen time, is Kim Director, a Spike Lee regular cast-member, playing Destiny, the foster mother to Kelly. Then we have a preposterous fixation of Maddie on her journalism teacher to further cement this as a multi-wannabe themed movie (is it horror, teen angst, child endangerment, sexual predator, coming of age?) None of the story really makes sense, just spend two hours watching and eating dinner, at least you got something out of the movie that way.

At least the storyline is right for what I expect. A psycho teen which her background logicalize her behavior. A tragedy happened in order to protect herself makes a plan from her. Story itself content is rich enough to me. Don't know why so negative reviews here.