User Reviews

The film's title of "Nightmare Neighborhood Wives" is somewhat misleading because the only deeply troubled wife who appeared in this beautiful Atlanta suburb was Bonnie.

In the opening scene, we witness Bonnie murder Kira, who has been sleeping with Bonnie's husband Christian. Months pass without Bonnie being a suspect, and now she sets her sights on ruining the life of her new neighbor Charlotte, who works for the same company and is perceived by Bonnie as a rival.

The most interesting character was Christian, a man with conscience, who slowly recognizes that he can no longer keep silent about the deranged mindset of Bonnie. This was a character who genuinely evolved in the course of the film.

Unfortunately, this was an overly unpleasant movie due to the disruptive antics of Bonnie. It was also surprising that after installing a sophisticated neighborhood watch monitoring system that the footage was not viewed to detect Bonnie entering Charlotte's garage to sabotage her furnace.

The climactic scene that occurred in a restaurant was over-the-top in its melodrama. There could have also been a better denouement that allowed the viewers to know the fate of Bonnie. One can only hope that she is getting the help that she deserves and ardently needs, based on her actions that would appear to be an earnest imitation of Lady Macbeth.

This movie was very easy to watch albeit predictable and nothing new. Bonnie is probably the most played straight villain of 2022 Lifetime. This lady is crazy and she had no redeeming qualities which made her easy to hate.

I appreciate the "creativity" with the main conflict of the movie being an Avon/Mary Kay type of business lol. I don't think Lifetime has done that before. I usually like to know why villains are the way they are, but knowing how Avon/MK/etc work, it's not a stretch to believe Bonnie was overly competitive and would use and strong-arm her "friends" to help her sales numbers. The backhanded compliments and subtle shade were well done by the actress.

The acting was the most iffy part of the movie. It was a bit stiff and some of the dialogue was kind of on the nose in some places. I thought the movie was a lot of tell not show, so a montage of both Bonnie and Charlotte actually being seen selling the products would have been nice. I think Bonnie cared about winning more than she cared about her husband's infidelity, so in some ways the opening scene was overly violent considering how the movie played out.

I do wish they'd told us definitively what happened to Bonnie. A cast iron to the head is probably fatal, but being that this is Lifetime, it would be nice to know for sure. Although I will say Bonnie was the type of villain that it would have annoyed me to see alive and manipulating the prison guards in the end like in most of these movies. I also wanted to know what happened to Christian. They never actually said what crooked things he did in his business, so what was his fate in the end? Jail? Nothing? With Bonnie dead, who was going to tell?

One of the better 2022 ones. Bonnie was like the adult version of the mean girl from Psycho Sweet 16, another movie from this year. I'd recommend at least one watch.

The Neighbour This movie was great. It was over the top and overacted by the main villain Bonnie Mason, played wonderfully by Gina Simms.

The plot was kinda silly but beautifully played out by the two heroines, Charlotte Porter and her daughter Jordan (April Hale and Summer Madison who sparkled in every scene). Jordan and her new BFF Sabrina Samuels (Sarah Jirgel) were also a delight onscreen together. Too bad Sabrina's mom Angela (Coley Campany) was accidentally & unnecessarily killed off by her own psycho best friend, Bonnie, who was in fact trying to injure Charlotte. Angela was a fun, goofy & sweet character - one of my favourites.

Johnathan Gorman played Bonnie's compromised but kind husband, Christian who understandably had cheated on her and also had some shady, illegal business practices. But he still came across as a friendly guy and a nice neighbour, instead of sleazy & wicked. Thank goodness the love affair between Christian and Charlotte was just a figment of Bonnie's jealous imagination.

I would've liked to have seen how Jordan got into the stem program after all. And what happened to Christian after Bonnie stabbed him. Did he go to jail? But overall, I liked all the character portrayals & enjoyed the story. 👍🏽