La seducción de Michelle

This movie was good... the plot drew you in and the characters did as well. But i must say i squirmed whenever Stephen Collins and Keri Russel locked lips. It was just disturbing to see a nearly 50 year old man at the time and a just turned 20 year old kiss... however, these two great actors made it seem realistic. The ending was predictable but the parts leading up to it kept you on the edge of your seat. I recommend that you try to catch this movie on lifetime. It was better then what you would expect from a tv movie

Keri Russell stars in this TV movie about a devoted, but slightly rebellious teenager named Michelle who regularly babysitstwo kids belonging to Bill (Stephen Collins), a rich businessman whose wife later dies under mysterious circumstances. Bill's long-time detective friend Frank (Tobin Bell) suspects that Michelle is responsible. Bill refuses to believe it, but Michelle is determined to investigate the matter herself before she puts her own life in danger. This movie offers more of the same as your typical Lifetime TV movie and some of the supporting cast is underutilized, particularly Phylicia Rashad as Frank's sympathetic partner and Linda Kelsey as Michelle's disdainful mother. The music score by the legendary Jan Hammer hits it off with the more suspenseful moments.

I totally love Keri Russell, so I had to check this out if only to see her past "indiscretions" vis-à-vis movie scripts. I enjoyed this film and thought she gave a strong performance aside for a few scenes, though it's a TV movie and some fairly obvious flaws have to be expected. Stephen Collins has always come off to me as a sleazebag, so I guess this role worked for me. Still tough to see him on screen next to a 20-year-old. I'd agree that Phylicia Rashad fell flat as a piece of cardboard compared to the other characters. If you enjoy an occasional melodrama complete with yelling at your television, this is an enjoyable guilty pleasure.

The story and plot sound rather like a typical Lifetime drama, where they combine realism within the plot and add in a few dramatic elements for effect. It's not nearly as erotic or suspenseful thrilling as it could have been- considering this is possibly PG-13 as they had restrictions.

It certainly starts off as you would expect with seeing the death scene of the wife (which is the synopsis and key plot- not a spoiler). The central plot is about how she died as it's framed as a suicide. But we know it's a murder. Certainly predictably where we expect it to be the husband who did it. As further watching, they casually throw away the reveal where it isn't shocking.

The standout is Keri Russell who made her character believable once she got confortable to the portrayal. Stephen Collins was just right for his role, playing the father who "seduces" Russell.

The conclusion was somewhat of a letdown all be it still entertaining enough. Where things unfold predictably. There's a 'cat and mouse' game within the finale which was bizarrely done and didn't make much sense considering why Collin's didn't make it more difficult for Russell to escape. It's as if he wanted her to escape. Also her escaping was rather unrealistic.

In the end, she gets away. The cops of course show up as they arrest him (seemingly he's okay after being stabbed). The film isn't anything special. The concept and Keri Russell make it worthwhile for a Lifetime 90's film and the scenery is solid as well. Perhaps slightly better than expected.

A very mediocre crime movie. The dialogues feel totally artificial and bad acted. Similar situations were there in several other movies before. If it was a more interesting kind of stage-managing, I'd turn a blind eye. But this was awfully long winded und uninteresting. Somehow uninspired. I would like to have my time back. It was not a complete rubbish which turns it only worse. If I have a completely no go in my player, I turn it off, give it a 1/10 and reject the trash for something better. But it is just so good, that I hoped it will turn better over the whole runtime until the end. So I waited for the wrong thing. Badly.