****SPOILERS AHEAD***** As another reviewer put it, this movie could have been a lot better if it had not been a Lifetime movie. For most of the movie I was wondering why I wasn't seeing that movie. As in, why not focus on that instead of this over cooked Lifetime trope. There was so much in that movie that could have been expanded on such as Christian's position as a star who has been in the industry since he was five. It was clear that he was not happy about being famous and made clear allusions to it. As someone mentioned, how is he able to do all these mundane things with the way technology is now. The fact that he was dating Kelly should have been all over the Internet the moment he showed up in his bike (*rolls eyes*) in her school. Since Kelly is 17 and a New York resident it would not have been a illegal for him to have a relationship with her since 17 is the legal age on consent in NY. His people should have been all over him about what he was doing but we never meet his people except for the lightweight he surrounded himself with. Quite frankly I did not buy that a man who has been working in the entertainment industry since he was five without any (mentioned) scandals would have done something so reckless. While watching this a I wished I had seen the behind the scenes of the entertainment industry. For example, Christian dated Kelly's stepmother and the relationship was clearly an abusive one so he must have made her a sign a contract so none of it would come out. Nothing of this sort was ever discussed in the movie. Also, exploring the power dynamics would have been great seeing as Christian was ready to power play with Kelly's dad. So instead of all these movies that would have been great if written and directed properly, we had the obsessive boyfriend that turns into a psycho and I don't even have to tell you how it ends. Seriously Lifetime? What a waste of potential. In the future, a movie closer to reality would have been much better than this.
Review of High School Lover
