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A very unfortunate true event made into a movie, which is the only "good" part, the acting especially by Abdul was mediocre, bordering on terrible.

It feels as though this could have been covered by the news in 10 minutes yet somebody decided it was worth making into a 90 minute movie.

The story dragged and felt as though there was very little known about the sisters for this to be a movie hence the reason to drag this out.

When they were students at Jefferson High School, a pair of identical twins, Callie and Lizzie Abbott, would engage in shenanigans. They became adept at switching identities to fool others, such as young Ricky Davis, who was lured into attending the prom by the twin he mistook for the other.

Fast forward a dozen years to the time when Callie and Lizzie are now celebrating their thirtieth birthdays, and they are still up to their old adolescent tricks. Callie is married with two children and living in Fayetteville, Georgia. Lizzie is still single and is a city slicker in Atlanta. Once again, they decide to switch identities, and, on this occasion, it has untoward consequences.

The film started out in a light and breezy style. But the mood abruptly changed when Callie was murdered in Atlanta when the killer mistook her for Lizzie. Back on the farm, Lizzie decides that she must keep up the pretense that she is Callie. For the good of the two little children, Jed and Ruby, Lizzie pretends to be their mom. The plot thickens and becomes quasi incestuous when Lizzie starts sleeping with her brother-in-law Grady, who is duped just like Ricky Davis in high school.

The film became mired in a confusing subplot with the killers of Lizzie and her co-worker and lover, Jackson Kindaid. It was never made clear what was the motivation of the killers other than they were "skimming" money from Lizzie and Jackson and "wanted to be paid." Another big stretch was to believe that the female detective would virtually take up residence with Lizzie as the search was on for the villains.

The scenario seemed far-fetched in almost all respects. For that reason, it came as a shock in the closing credits to learn that the film was based on a true story. Apparently, life is often stranger than fiction.

The acting in this is so awful its almost laughable. Paula Abdul cannot act and nor can the one who played the twins. The only decent actor was the husband. Or the kids. The storyline seemd to me like I missed a big part or it was cut out, where they were meeting the baddie. The twins were annoying - kind of OVER-acting and a lot of it was hard to understand. Stupid movie.

I admit it. I jumped when ***** was killed. Didn't see that coming at all and it was horrifying. So the movie gets a couple of stars for my reaction.

The movie starts out ok. Two typical teenagers. The movie establishes how they are in the habit of switching places. Although I don't get how the aunt was the only one to see when all eyes were focused in their direction during the race. Anyway, they grow up at the movie is set around their 30th birthday. They both spend a lot of time complaining about whose life is worse. Between the two, Callie seems more bitter and jealous whereas Elizabeth wishes she had more than just her career (but she doesn't hate her life). Callie and her husband Grady seem to have problems that likely stem from Callie being restless and unhappy. Her husband and kids adore her. She just seems to regret the life SHE chose. They switch places for fun, but of course Callie doesn't want to stop just yet and ends up calling her sister a "b" as her last words to her. It was pretty amusing that even after years of dating and marriage, Grady can't tell the difference between his wife and her sister. How is that possible? I also found it weird that nobody in this movie between the married couple, the budding couple, and then Grady/Elizabeth shared a kiss. This is definitely the only Lifetime twin story where I've seen this happen. Lindsay Hartley did a twin movie in the same year as this one, and as both characters, she kissed the husband. I'm guessing this movie tried to make Lizzie seem more noble, but she did sleep with Grady, so....?

Like I said, Lifetime did extremely well with ******'s death, but then the movie fell off. That moment turned the movie dark really fast, but then the "drama" birthed the cringe acting and some silly plot points. The lead actress and Grady are ok, but the aunt and Paula are absolutely terrible. Couldn't take Paula seriously as a detective. The criminal conspiracy side of this story was a bit too comical to take seriously as well. The fight scene in the condo wasn't as dramatic as I'm sure they hoped. Lots of hammish acting in this movie.

Another problem was the movie implying that the "right" twin died. I think Lizzie's general outlook on life was better than her sister's but come on. Lizzie was not meant to step into her sister's shoes, no matter how much she wanted people to love. Which sounds "purer" than just her sister wanting to party, shop, and sleep around. It was creepy. Grady has a line about how different his wife is and he's obviously happy that they are finding their way back to each other, but how does he not know his wife's body? Why did she sleep w/her BIL? I feel the movie really didn't show Lizzie being THAT conflicted over what she was doing. Neither Grady nor the kids properly mourned Callie thanks to her. Not to mention, was Lizzie in love with Jackson or Grady? This movie took place over the course of like a week!

The caption at the end was I'm sure meant to legitimize Lifetime's "based on a true story" statement, but all I could think of was the undue trauma those kids would have when their "parents" decided they were old enough to be told the truth.

The acting is mediocre. Although the movie is based on a true story, I felt like I was taken back to Junior high school where twins were trying to to play a childish prank on others. The main character plays both twin roles and her acting leaves much to be desired. The writers did a pretty good job with split screen, but when the girls are having dinner with their Mom you can clearly see a fourth wnw glass in a couple of scenes that wasn't there before. Overall I felt like I was watching a home video made by amateur wtiters with horrid acting. I definitely would never waste another hour and 25 minutes of my life on this one.

I never laughed so hard. That will be a cult classic. This was real life and I first am glad the kids came out with as little scaring as possible. The script is perfect have great punchlines. I guess that could just be dark humor that she did a Hunter. Can't deny that. YEAH!!! The plot twist were perfectly timed to bust yyoour gut with ,"WTF!!!". With the budget that could be guess for the project, they did a great effects and back drop. Everyone could be heard when they delivered their lines. So big UPS to the boom mic guy. Teamwork makes the dream work. I was very entertained. Thank you to the crew and writers.