If you do have the misfortune to watch this-no, it doesn't get better just worse. Appalling acting from all involved but probably not their fault but the script writers. Umpteen chances to top the idiot and none taken. Therefore to sum up one blind the other stupid. Enough said?
3 Reviews
Slow and a bit of a routine obsession
phd_travel5 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The difference with this LMN movie is a blind girl and her mom are the subject of desire an old acquaintance. He's been in love with her for ages but when she comes back into town for the funeral of her aunt he starts eliminating the competition and takes the hostage. Nothing too clever here just a standard Lifetime wacko. A little is made of the blindness angle but not quite enough.
The climax is okay not exactly what I expected.
A bit underwhelming.
The Fateful Event at Mike's Sugar Shack
lavatch20 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
There is a defining moment in "His Perfect Obsession" when Allison Jones decides to attend the annual maple syrup event at Mike's Sugar Shack in a small New England town. She chooses to go with the handsome realtor Lance Lancaster. In the process, she turns down her accountant, Bart McGregor, who also extended an invitation to Allison. Bart then moves into action to fulfill the perfect obsession of the film's title.
The most interesting character in the film was Allison's daughter Abigail, who lost her eyesight due to the side effects of a prescription drug. But Abigail makes up for the loss with her acute senses of hearing and smell, which will figure prominently in the action.
Bart is a complete psycho and mama's boy, who murders Wyatt Jones, Allison's lout of a husband. He also kills his own mother, a Mrs. Bates-type control freak who continually belittles him. Unfortunately, the mother Cecelia drops out of the film around the midpoint. It is even conceivable that Bart had murdered Allison's Auntie Charlotte, who is run over by a hit-and-run driver, prompting Bart to take over the accounting work for Allison for the potential sale of her aunt's home.
A weakness of the film was in the overall unpleasantness of so many murders and the shocking kidnapping sequence in which Bart holds both Allison and Abigail hostage in a secret ranch house purchased by Bart from a friend of his mother's in Darby. It was also disappointing that the realtor Lance Lancaster dropped out of the film apparently only because of his apparent womanizing.
A breath of fresh air came from two unlikely characters, the local barkeep, Benjamin Sullivan, and his son Shane, who is sweet on Abigail. Through the heroic actions of the Sullivans and the quick-thinking Abigail, Bart is stopped in the shootout at Stony Creek. All that remains is a double date for Allison and Benjamin, Abigail and Shane to attend the next maple syrup event at Mike's Sugar Shack.
The most interesting character in the film was Allison's daughter Abigail, who lost her eyesight due to the side effects of a prescription drug. But Abigail makes up for the loss with her acute senses of hearing and smell, which will figure prominently in the action.
Bart is a complete psycho and mama's boy, who murders Wyatt Jones, Allison's lout of a husband. He also kills his own mother, a Mrs. Bates-type control freak who continually belittles him. Unfortunately, the mother Cecelia drops out of the film around the midpoint. It is even conceivable that Bart had murdered Allison's Auntie Charlotte, who is run over by a hit-and-run driver, prompting Bart to take over the accounting work for Allison for the potential sale of her aunt's home.
A weakness of the film was in the overall unpleasantness of so many murders and the shocking kidnapping sequence in which Bart holds both Allison and Abigail hostage in a secret ranch house purchased by Bart from a friend of his mother's in Darby. It was also disappointing that the realtor Lance Lancaster dropped out of the film apparently only because of his apparent womanizing.
A breath of fresh air came from two unlikely characters, the local barkeep, Benjamin Sullivan, and his son Shane, who is sweet on Abigail. Through the heroic actions of the Sullivans and the quick-thinking Abigail, Bart is stopped in the shootout at Stony Creek. All that remains is a double date for Allison and Benjamin, Abigail and Shane to attend the next maple syrup event at Mike's Sugar Shack.
See also
Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews
