A colorful character in "The Wrong Neighbor" is the swim coach at the local high school, who goes by the name of "Jaws" Jaworski. But the real shark tank is the deranged neighbor named Jamie who is attacking a nice family. In the film, the villainess is referred to as "Hurricane Jamie" or simply "The Vampire" for the havoc she wreaks on the lives of Heather and Tim Sullivan, as well as on their young daughter Lisa.
One waits in vain to learn the motivation for why Jamie has singled out Heather, Tim, and Lisa. No background is given in the film other than the messianic desire of Jamie to have a "family." She appears to single out Tim at random when he moves into an apartment complex during a trial separation from Heather. It is actually the complete psycho Jamie that helps to restore the marriage!
The film was a by-the-numbers "thriller" about a nut case on the loose and the resilience of a set of family members who finally come to their senses to realize that they love one another. The filmmakers seemed to suggest that Jamie had murdered her parents. A loose plot strand was in the action of one of the clients of Heather, who works as a tax attorney. She worked pro bono for Patrick Clark, a security expert, whom she sent to spy on Jamie. Patrick found some important information that he relayed to Heather in a voice mail message. But Heather never played back her message, and Patrick unceremoniously dropped out of the film when he was stabbed to death by Jamie.
The character of a kind British psychiatrist provides counseling for Heather, Tim, and Lisa. But the person who needs to be lying on Dr. Fischer's couch is Hurricane Jamie!
One waits in vain to learn the motivation for why Jamie has singled out Heather, Tim, and Lisa. No background is given in the film other than the messianic desire of Jamie to have a "family." She appears to single out Tim at random when he moves into an apartment complex during a trial separation from Heather. It is actually the complete psycho Jamie that helps to restore the marriage!
The film was a by-the-numbers "thriller" about a nut case on the loose and the resilience of a set of family members who finally come to their senses to realize that they love one another. The filmmakers seemed to suggest that Jamie had murdered her parents. A loose plot strand was in the action of one of the clients of Heather, who works as a tax attorney. She worked pro bono for Patrick Clark, a security expert, whom she sent to spy on Jamie. Patrick found some important information that he relayed to Heather in a voice mail message. But Heather never played back her message, and Patrick unceremoniously dropped out of the film when he was stabbed to death by Jamie.
The character of a kind British psychiatrist provides counseling for Heather, Tim, and Lisa. But the person who needs to be lying on Dr. Fischer's couch is Hurricane Jamie!