It's Mother's Day Weekend!! Time for plenty of awesome "Mommy" and "Daughter" movies on Lifetime ... all part of the annual "Don't Mess With Mommy Week" hosted by the awesome Wendy Williams!
Last night, the Lifetime Movie Network premiered its latest classic "Mommy Be Mine" and it didn't disappoint.
Ava Sambora (daughter of Lifetime vet Heather Locklear and rocker Richie Sambora) stars as Summer, a teen queen with a great mom (Arianne Zucker). She's popular and smart ... pretty much living the teen dream until she meets new kid Cara (Sierra Pond in an excellent performance). Cara has some mommy issues. She doesn't have one and has a habit of killing other moms and daughters who don't reciprocate her affections.
Guess what! Cara begins leeching on Summer and mom's relationship ... spending the night, delivering gifts, calling Summer's mother, "Mom," and pretty much becoming an annoyance. Summer's friends know Cara's a trainwreck, and soon, some of them show up dead! Summer begins to play internet detective and discovers the truth about Cara. Unfortunately, it may be too late for her, mom, and mom's new boyfriend Steve (Shawn Christian) and summer's love interest Jason (Cameron Gellman).
Sambora delivers a great debut and is picture perfect as the sensitive teenager, who feels slighted by her mother's busy schedule. She's sweet in all of the right scenes but emerges as smart and tough to take on Cara.
The real star of this movie though is Sierra Pond, who shines as the psychotic Cara. She may be one of the creepiest Lifetime villains in a while. Her nice smile turns to a sinister scowl at the drop of a dime. And she expertly captures the essence of a woman obsessed. She also can destroy cupcakes and swing a mean baseball bat! We don't really get a good sense of Cara's motivations other than than she is nuts, but Pond has a field day with this role. She's charismatic, credible and charming (when hiding her sinister intentions).
Director Sean Olson effectively handles this thriller, providing ample time for character development and building the suspense to a boiling point.
All in all, a GREAT Mother's Day movie courtesy of our friends at MarVista! Highly recommended.
"Mommy Be Mine": Directed by Sean Olson; Starring Ava Sambora as Summer, Sierra Pond as Cara, Ariane Zucker as Lianne, Shawn Christian as Steve, Cameron Gellman as Jason, Megan McGown as Tori, Taylor Blackwell as April
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