Living with My Mother's Killer

Just when you think you've got "Living with My Mother's Killer" all figured out - like, who's bad and who's good - the twist comes, and it changes everything.

Not my first Lifetime movie but probably, based on the twist alone, the best one I've seen. The cast, including Australia's Rhiannon Fish (to be honest, the only reason I watched this - she is one of my favourites) and Canadian Greyston Holt, who had had a few notable Hallmark and Lifetime roles during his career, is pretty good, and there are enough gasp moments to keep you entertained.

Apparently based on a true story. Not sure how much poetic licence has been taken for the film, though.

A woman named Mara loses her mother to a mysterious accident at the bed and breakfast she runs. A boy that Mara likes named Carson is framed for her murder and goes to prison but did he actually do it? 14 years pass and Mara now runs the place along with her stepsister, Joy. Mara has forgiven Carson but Joy hasn't. Mara has been writing to him in prison and when he's released, he ends up going to see her and finds out she still cares for him. In exchange for being a handyman, she offers him free room and board. Mara draws closer to him again in the hope that he can help her remember what happened the night that her mother was murdered because she needs closure and gets dizzy spells and panic attacks. What happens next is a pretty good plot twist! The movie has some continuity flaws but a good script and some solid Canadian actors make it a watcher!