Though I believe Tammy Blanchard is more attractive than Kristin Davis (Billie) in real life, Tammy (Baby) was clearly in the shadows compared to her sister. Like all Lifetime movies, "Of Two Minds" followed the usual sadness, happiness, back to disaster, somewhat of a solution cycle. Tammy's performance was, due to my ignorance regarding schizophrenia, okay for what I do know about the illness. She didn't claim to hear 'the voices' too often, which was appropriate. I didn't quite understand the cause of her insecurity until it came to Billie. The outbursts she had helped me understand some; however, the film didn't quite show any of Billie's childhood or mention unfortunate events, leading me to believe that Billie was an unfit sister. It wasn't until Baby mentioned Billie screaming at her and telling her to get out along with her friends that I saw how effective it obviously was on her. She was sensitive to begin with, and I think that Billie knew she was the more appealing sister. In my opinion, I truly don't see how Billie could be so blind to how she hurt her sister; she is obviously ashamed of her otherwise she would be more open about her. It shouldn't have taken the woman up until the two hour point to realize some of this was her fault. As for whatshisname Alexander's (Davis) performance, he did decent. I don't know if it was me or what, but at first I swore he looked like an extremely scrawny version of Leonardo Dicaprio even when he was younger. Ahem, anyways, the whole aunt and nephew thing is all different, but I don't see it happening in Lifetime like that. There is probably a bunch of changes I would have made to this movie scripture, but it's Lifetime, so I'm not complaining. Something else negative would be the whole scene where she had her huge outburst near the end (I thought her love for horses was a nice touch, though). She looked like a drunk grandma stumbling around the room like that. Almost humorous as she waved her knife around up until the cops took her down. The ending could have better, but the goodbyes were accurate for Davis and the aggravating Mollie who I just believe is a brat. But then again, I'm someone who believes that children under the age of 10 just shouldn't freaking act, with maybe a few exceptions. They can't, they just can't. I may be misinterpreting some things, but please, feel free to say something. All in all, alright movie. A little extended (I got so confused whenever I was watching this because of Daylight Savings. I absolutely was NOT sitting there until 3am waiting for this movie to overdo itself), but entertaining while it lasted and it didn't have me looking at the clock every five minutes to check when it ended.
Review of Of Two Minds
