The Missing Sister (2019 TV Movie) User Reviews

Other reviews here incorrect

[deedrala · 4/10 · 29 February 2020]

Two of the reviews here have incorrect content, which I've corrected here:

Sharon's friend who worked at the hospital wasn't a doctor - she worked in one of the offices there as an accountant or bookkeeper. Furthermore, she's not too young to be a doctor. If Sharon at age 32 isn't too young to be one, then neither is her friend.

Another review said the sister couldn't have survived til the end of the movie - meaning after the impostor had tried to kill her and left her for dead. As the detective (Dev's cousin) told Sharon and Dev at the end of the movie as they walked to the real Raven's hospital room, a hiker found her in the ravine at the bottom of the hill two days after Sharon and Dev had driven to Raven's house to meet her and met the impostor. He told them that she had almost starved to death and had broken leg, ribs, etc., and would've died if the hiker hadn't found her when he did.

As for the movie itself - yet another unrealistic unbelievable 'Psycho Villain vs. Lifetime Good Guy and Good Girl' yawn....er, yarn.

Decent movie, but unrealistic

[schtacy · 5/10 · 8 December 2019]

The actress who played her doctor friend was completely unbelievable as a doctor.

Boring

[seaypatrick · 1/10 · 21 November 2019]

Movie was horrible The plot was that the sister died how did survive to the end It was interesting to the end

Pretty good movie!

[Chartreuse1 · 7/10 · 17 November 2019]

Sure, there are some plot holes here. After all, it IS a Lifetime movie. But, it is well acted with a relatively strong cast and a surprise ending. Worth the watch!

LOVE THE CAST!

[DavidSKS · 10/10 · 23 July 2022]

Any movie with Diora Baird and Rachele Brooke Smith would be great enough. Add in Katrina Begin, and it's a sure-fire home run. Three of my favorite Lifetime actresses in one movie? Sign me up!

Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore'

[lavatch · 8/10 · 25 May 2020]

"My Sister's Deadly Secret" (a.k.a., "The Missing Sister") is all about the special bonding between sisters. In this case, Dr. Sharon Thompson, who runs a mom and baby center, seeks to reunite with her sister Raven, who was a runaway when Sharon was five. Twenty-seven years have passed, and the film chronicles Sharon's long, circuitous journey back to her big sis.

Sharon's beau Dev Jorden pulls some strings as a city councilman to get a lead on the whereabouts of Raven. But it is clear right away that the woman is an imposter. Or, to be more accurate, it is clear to everyone but Sharon!

The savvy councilman Dev instantly spots inconsistencies in Raven's behavior. And Sharon's bestie, Jill Greenaway, recognizes that Raven has violent tendencies after getting pummeled in a kickboxing match. Jill, Sharon, and the Raven imposter were all skilled kickboxers, and the action scenes served to liven up the static scenes.

The film included a good batch of secondary characters to mitigate the slowness in Sharon in recognizing the Raven imposter for the psychopath that she was.

The opening lines of the film were about a "sister's club," the special bond of sisters, and the "empty places in the heart when something lost is found." The only problem was at the inception of the grand reunion, the Raven imposter could not recall the "pinky swear" that was the ritual performed by little Sharon and Raven when they were kids. It was at that moment that instead of inviting the sister into her home, Sharon should have cited Edgar Allan Poe by saying, "Quoth the Raven 'nevermore.'"

Nothing to write home about

[CranberriAppl · 8 September 2021]

It gets really old watching people ignore not only the signs that someone isn't who they say they are, but also completely handwaving away the concerns of people who love them and who they presumably trust. Is it realistic in some ways? Sure, but how can you just take someone's word for it when you haven't seen them in years? It would be one thing if "Raven's" story wasn't full of holes like Swiss cheese, but it gets tiresome when people have to die or get hurt, and the protagonist is never apologetic about it. Sharon (and protags like her) have no reason to believe or choose a new random person in their life, and yet they do. The movie Black Heart Killer or whatever had the exact same problem. How do you just not verify anything?

What also makes no sense is that Sharon can remember something her father used to say when she was that young (before Raven disappeared), but she can't recognize that this is not her sister in any way. Just the other day I saw a classmate from 6th grade (in my 30s) that I haven't seen since that year and I knew it was her (her name tag from her workplace confirmed it). Sharon really did not deserve Dev after all of this and quite frankly, just as "Raven" said, Sharon makes a good mark bc she's so gullible. That can't be good for his career if he plans to rise in politics.

For movies with devious siblings, I would recommend My Father's Other Family. Not perfect, but more believable than this. The villain was also a better actress.