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(2019 TV Movie)

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tilayataylor21 July 2019
This movie was stupid. The plot was easy to figure out. Then you have this woman who was a corps member but who's weak as hell. I mean dnt they give some kind of training in the corps and 't fight for damn sure can't shoot. Her and the daughter breathing real loud but tryna getaway. Who let's the killer knw they're escaping by breathing loud and out of breath. And why are you out of breath your not doing anything but sitting. I don't know who greenlighted this but they missed the mark. It was unreality.
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1/10
Worst Tv movie I've ever seen
pat-797-8690159 September 2019
It's so bad, I think it's a joke! The actors suck, the director sucks, the script sucks, the cameramen suck. How could a TV movie like that even exist?
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1/10
Horrible Acting
lmccrary-756227 August 2019
This is the worse acting i have seen on Lifetime! The father was indeed the worse.
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1/10
really could've been better
IdInvaliduser191 November 2019
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I've been on a streak watching lmn/lifetime movies as I'm stuck at home with late pregnancy and each movie I never left a review but holy hell. This movie has some of the worst acting I've ever seen. Especially from the daughter! The mother is unbelievably weak asf, the father holds barely emotion, and the worst part is the plot. The lady decides to wait a DECADE after her husband's death to enact this grand scheme of sabotaging a family because her husband couldn't be saved by the family's mother. Not one year, not months. And the fact that the nurse lady seems sooo affected (Yeah right) by this tragedy that she gets ptsd makes NO sense because nor she or the husband even have the audacity to remember who the man or his family is. Which arguably would've prevented this whole thing. The father spends most of the movie bleeding to death and hopping around. The dad's boss "helps him" in such an obviously suspicious unhelpful manner that it makes me wonder how stupid he rly is. Too much for me to dislike for me to even enjoy without losing braincells.
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1/10
Stressed to Death with the plotline of this stupid movie
moirawotherspoon19 April 2021
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This is genuinely one of the worst movies I've ever had the misfortune of watching.

An EMT named Maggie made a choice to save a pregnant woman in labour during a robbery, instead of a middle-aged man. The man died because the armed robber wouldn't let her help both. On account of him having a gun and whatnot she did what she could.

One would think that the villain should be the armed robber, because he fired the gun, but nope not this gem of a movie. What actually happens is that the man's widowed wife conspires FOR TEN YEARS to enact a revenge killing on Maggie for not saving her husband.

Seems crazy right? That's because it is.

So we fast-forward to the 10 year mark, and Maggie has a daughter named Jane who is now friends with crazy-widow-lady's son, Alston, and she has a massive crush on him. Coincidentally, she just so happens to be his tutor! Oh how the fates align...

Jane decides one day to leave a love note in his bedroom, but after seeing him kissing another girl decides to sneak into his home to retrieve it. Now, she succeeds in retrieving the note... Does she do the sensible thing and simply put it in her pocket and skiddadle? Oh no, she tears that sucker up over his bed, scattering those pieces all over it and then leaving. But lo-and-behold, the revenge plot has begun at this very moment and poor Jane comes face to face with her mother's hitmen.

Jane then decides not to hide with her very visible blue bike, but to cycle that baby home through main roads whilst being chased by the hitmen... Only to drop her bicycle on her front garden in plain site for the hitmen to see.

And as I've suddenly lost all motivation to continue writing this, I'll leave everyone with my ultimate review of the movie.

Genuine garbage, the writing sucks, the acting sucks and I feel like my own life sucks just a little bit after watching it.
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6/10
PTSD
kyleallencole94 June 2019
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One of the main focuses of this film is based on PTSD. Our main lady (Gina Holden) who had previously served in the military is now a paramedic. One night, She fails to save a man during a robbery. The film skips to 10 years later where she and her husband and teenage daughter move to start their lives over. She battles PTSD for years and then decides to go back to work. She is unaware that her husbands new boss (Sarah Aldrich) is that man's vengeful widow and her teenage son begins to get close with the new girl. His mother suffers from PTSD as well, but doesnt seek help for hers and let's the hate and rage consume her until she wants that family dead at any cost. Pretty decent lifetime film here
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1/10
Stupid to death
jeanbal21 March 2020
I am still not sure that this « thing » is really a movie. The scenario is silly as hell, the actors are incredibly bad and the Director is definitely amateurish. Avoid. At all cost!
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10/10
I got so Scared
codynewnom10 November 2022
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I watched this movie and My wife farted so loud that I screamed. The cops came and my wife got arrested. She is doing 10 years in Maine, even though we live in Montana. I see her every couple of months and she has moved on. She now deals 8-Balls to addicts in the prison and is rising through the ranks.

I wouldn't recommend this move to anybody who Is scarred of farts, bellybuttons, balloons, Burger King, or Pumpkins. But if you like Dark Chocolate or smooth peanut butter, this is the movie for you.

There are a lot of scenes where the main characters are talking about farting, it really builds up the tension for the when the farts are going to come. And when they do, they stick the landing.

Overall 1/10.
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1/10
Terrible
monicaspurpledoor24 March 2021
I had to switch it off after 40 minutes. The acting was atrocious.
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1/10
STUPID AS HELL LOL EVEN FOR LIFETIME
Vienna269 February 2022
Everyone sucks at acting in this movie, the plot is stupid, mom is weak and makes poor decisions, daughter is an idiot, dad is dumber than a doorknob, the villain is unconvincing and boring, and the hitmen are comical.....only redeeming character may be Alston because he was semi good looking. 0/10. I like bad lifetime movies usually but this was BAD bad.
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1/10
More OTT than PTSD...
rossmcfarlen7 September 2020
A poorly conceived premise (not worth repeating here) gives way to a lot of shouting, soapy drama, threats of gunfire, shootouts, bleedouts and an awful lot of grey duct tape to restrain the abducted (gag, bind wrists & ankles, slit with knife and run away...gag, bind wrists & ankles, slit with knife, run away....rinse & repeat...yada yada).

As the main protagonists/antagonists are in a heightened state of emotion throughout this yarn (rage, panic, anger, reunion joy, aforementioned PTSD accompanied by brain fog - and that's brain fog for the poor 'bar stewards' who find themselves watching this big fat turkey that won't squeeze into the oven!) there's little to engage the viewer on an intellectual level, ermmm...you know, witty banter and a gripping narrative with intriguing plot points...I suspect rookie writers worked on this gem of a stinker.

If this is the Primal Scream pyscho drama as a TV flick, then it's one of the weakest TV flicks I've seen in a very long time! My other reviews testify to that fact.

The 1 out of 10 rating delivered by many reviewers is well-deserved.
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1/10
HOW'D SHE GET THE KNIFE?!
cairotjr16 January 2024
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Turned the TV on and this was already going, which I then allowed myself to get sucked into it. I didn't know how much was left or if it would get any better as it went on but like a bad car accident, I couldn't look away. Horrible acting with even worse writing and directing. The scene that ruined it for me was when Maggie drops the knife out of her boot, while her hands are taped together to a stool which is up on a ledge. She then tries to push the knife up towards her taped hands using her heels. In the next scene or so she has the knife and is trying to cut her taped hands. HOW TF?!

I don't ever usually bail on a movie, but this scene allowed me to break away knowing nothing satisfying would come from the conclusion of this atrocious film. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
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8/10
The Wrong Boss
lavatch27 March 2020
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On the Lifetime network, there is a series of films with the title "The Wrong _____" in which a nut case is on the loose. It is easy to fill in the blank with the psychopath of this film and come up with the title "The Wrong Boss."

Jason Hart was specially recruited into his job by his boss, Victoria Garrett. But little did he know that he was in her clutches for a diabolical revenge scheme against his wife, Maggie. As a dedicated medic and former war vet, Maggie suffered from PTSD from her tour in the Middle East, then was caught in a violent crime scene at a Kwik Mart where she had to make a snap decision to save the life of two wounded bystanders. In the process, Victoria' husband David was killed, and, years later, Victoria is seeking vengeance.

In the most ghoulish scene in the film, we watch the sado-masochistic Victoria pouring her husband's ashes onto a plant. She is nurturing the plant as a surrogate for her deceased husband and actually addresses the plant by name as "David." She has also hired two of the most incompetent bumpkins imaginable for an elaborate scene where the Kwik Mart crime scene will be duplicated and Maggie will watch her husband and young daughter be killed.

Maggie herself was not too adept in evading the two bumpkins. It is easy to lose track of how many times she was strapped to a chair with duct tape. Maggie's poor husband Jason is also beleaguered, suffering from a gunshot wound to the gut and staggering around in a dazed state. Young Jane does not contribute much either after she entered Victoria's home to retrieve a mash note she wrote to young Allston and the two bumpkins blundered in to discover her, then follow her to her home and shoot her dad.

With the melodramatic finale, it is clear that the film's takeaway is the theme of the bonds that tie together a loving family. Jane has learned more about her mom's PTSD, and the mother-daughter connection is strengthened. But it strained credibility to see that Maggie's PTSD had seemingly disappeared instantly after the traumatic event. Still, nothing beats a long vacation that the Hart clan is planning to use to heal their physical and psychological wounds and let bygones be bygones with the wrong boss.
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8/10
Involving thriller - a heroine with skills
phd_travel16 October 2019
This thriller is surprisingly well constructed and comes together well. An EMT who has military PTSD has to choose to save one over another during a hold up. The widow of the one who died sets up an elaborate scheme to kidnap and kill her family in front of her. It's quite exciting as she uses her skills. There are some surprisingly funny parts.
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10/10
MOVIE
gailkim2225 September 2020
BEST LIFETIME MOVIE EVER 10 OF 10 STARS & TAYLOR BLACKWELL IS THE BEST ACTRESS EVER
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