"Stalked at 17" features one of the most sleazy mother-son relationships of any Lifetime film. The mom Toni Marshall has served a long prison sentence for robbery. Her son Chad was adopted, raised, and nurtured by a kind woman who rose to become city councilwoman. But the son would appear to have inherited the genes from his birth mother that have given him the predisposition of a sociopath. Toni and Chad make quite the pair!
The most interesting character in the film is without a doubt young Angela Curson. No character has been more aptly named than the angelic young woman who becomes pregnant with Chad's baby. Despite the opportunity to run off and live with Chad, Angela has the good sense to respect the wisdom of her parents and "take time off" from the relationship with Chad until the baby is born. This makes Chad livid with rage, and he begins stalking Angela even through a restraining order.
There were moments when one started to feel empathy for Chad and his attempt to pull himself up by his bootstraps and rise above the level of his slovenly mother. But at every key juncture, Chad is a backslider, falling back into his pattern of wild and uncontrollable possessiveness.
A beautiful baby, little Josh, is delivered by Angela, and Chad makes a beeline to the boy, running right through his restraining order. Abetted by the uncouth mother, Chad kidnaps Angela and Josh at gunpoint and takes them on a journey to Big Bear. It is only through the efforts of the quick-thinking Angela that human decency will supersede the sordid machinations of the unhinged, ex-con Toni and her vile progeny Chad. In such a universe, good must triumph over evil!
The most interesting character in the film is without a doubt young Angela Curson. No character has been more aptly named than the angelic young woman who becomes pregnant with Chad's baby. Despite the opportunity to run off and live with Chad, Angela has the good sense to respect the wisdom of her parents and "take time off" from the relationship with Chad until the baby is born. This makes Chad livid with rage, and he begins stalking Angela even through a restraining order.
There were moments when one started to feel empathy for Chad and his attempt to pull himself up by his bootstraps and rise above the level of his slovenly mother. But at every key juncture, Chad is a backslider, falling back into his pattern of wild and uncontrollable possessiveness.
A beautiful baby, little Josh, is delivered by Angela, and Chad makes a beeline to the boy, running right through his restraining order. Abetted by the uncouth mother, Chad kidnaps Angela and Josh at gunpoint and takes them on a journey to Big Bear. It is only through the efforts of the quick-thinking Angela that human decency will supersede the sordid machinations of the unhinged, ex-con Toni and her vile progeny Chad. In such a universe, good must triumph over evil!