Now I am not a strictly by the books guy but some old-fashioned traditions are special and deserve respect. It is highly important to let parents know when you're getting engaged. It is the 21st century and one does not need parents' permission to tie the knot, but still having them give their blessings is very nice and important.
What Jack did and how frivolous he was about it like oh it's nothing, mom will get over it eventually was totally wrong. From Amanda's perspective she was totally right to be the way she was when the news of her only son Jack's engagement was thrown at her face like a bucket of ice cold water. Amanda's suspicion was quite spot on considering how rich and successful the family business is. He was carrying on with Olivia for six months and got engaged to her and could not even be bothered to tell his mom he had met someone and she was special etc etc?
And Jackson telling his uncle about how his mother treats her like a teenager after their dad died. Well, he was exactly acting like a hot-headed teenager, getting engaged just after six months of their relationship and keeping it secret from his mother until he sprung it on her catching her offguard!
Now the movie itself was an above average Lifetime movie. Acting was good all round. The story was plausible. So yes it was a decent watch.
An interesting bit of trivia, both Erin Boyes and Madison Smith played psychos in their previous Lifetime movies (Waking up to Danger and Psycho Intern respectively). So it was nice to see them both play good guys instead of out of control psychos.
BTW the ending left the possibility of a sequel open, just like a few other Lifetime movies. Not all of them had sequels of course.
What Jack did and how frivolous he was about it like oh it's nothing, mom will get over it eventually was totally wrong. From Amanda's perspective she was totally right to be the way she was when the news of her only son Jack's engagement was thrown at her face like a bucket of ice cold water. Amanda's suspicion was quite spot on considering how rich and successful the family business is. He was carrying on with Olivia for six months and got engaged to her and could not even be bothered to tell his mom he had met someone and she was special etc etc?
And Jackson telling his uncle about how his mother treats her like a teenager after their dad died. Well, he was exactly acting like a hot-headed teenager, getting engaged just after six months of their relationship and keeping it secret from his mother until he sprung it on her catching her offguard!
Now the movie itself was an above average Lifetime movie. Acting was good all round. The story was plausible. So yes it was a decent watch.
An interesting bit of trivia, both Erin Boyes and Madison Smith played psychos in their previous Lifetime movies (Waking up to Danger and Psycho Intern respectively). So it was nice to see them both play good guys instead of out of control psychos.
BTW the ending left the possibility of a sequel open, just like a few other Lifetime movies. Not all of them had sequels of course.