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Typical overly obsession themed movie with frivolous tension. The young boyfriend/bad guy Brady was not at all realistic. His character would have better if they gave him a nice slower build up to his evil side. In fact, it would have better if he were not in this movie at all. They certainly took away the surprise when he came to their house, since that was shown in every preview. Wow, what drug did he give her? Again, no gradual build up. She went from sixty to zero in a second...and woke up later perfectly clear. The scene with Brady's dad was stupid. After all the evil things Brady does, and everyone else telling her too, Stephanie still refuses to call the cops. Brady was a jerk and so was Stephanie. They would make a fitting pair. As par for the course, why do movies have multiple titles? A Woman's Nightmare, A Parents Nightmare, or The Wrong Affair? Dallas was a nice different movie location for a change. Descent camera work and nice sets, but visually all the colors were disturbingly saturated. Either watch this on a black and white TV or better yet don't watch it at all. Spoiler alert: When she shoots him (which is a good thing) the stunt dummy falls into the river and floats unlike a real human being.

Stephanie Peterson is a bestselling mystery writer of books like "The Crazy Woman" and "The Tipsy Alchemist." Her creative impulse is engaged when she role-plays her characters. But in a lapse of good judgment, Stephanie decides to impersonate "Vanessa," the crazy lady from her first bestseller, who was a murderer who dated younger men.

At a moment when Stephanie is separated from her husband Kevin, she introduces herself to young Brady as "Vanessa." The couple then proceed to spend a night at the Lorenzo Hotel with fateful consequences. Kevin decides he wants to make the marriage work, and Stephanie breaks off the relationship with Brady. But the young man begins to stalk and torment Stephanie and her entire family.

The actions of Brady stretched credibility to the breaking point. It was not clear how he could be permitted on a school campus after being expelled. His budding relationship with Stephanie's daughter Anna also seemed implausible. While there was some clear chemistry between Brady and Stephanie, there was none between Brady and Anna. In fact, the best scene in the film was the initial, steamy encounter between Brady and Stephanie.

The filmmakers made use of some good location footage, especially the scenes shot on a bridgeway. There was effective symmetry with the film's early scene with Stephanie and Brady kissing on the bridge and the grand finale that returns to the same scene with Brady holding Anna hostage on the bridge.

By the end of the ordeal, Stephanie produces her latest blockbuster entitled "Young Passion." As a writer, Stephanie works under the creed that "art imitates life." But for this book, she was pushing the envelope in her quest for creative ideas out of real experience.

I could spend a lot of time critiquing why this movie is terrible. However, that would be redundant as it would be a waste of my time or any potential viewer's. Here is a list of my grip about the film: there are an awful yellow & green tinge throughout this film (it is distracting maybe a relief for the viewers), the acting is poor (to say it is amateurish would be an insult to those actors starting out), the plotline is ridiculous (a married woman would mistaken a high school boy to be 26 years old and has an affair with him, yet she is the victim in all of this b.s. It follows the clichéd that it is never the married woman's fault & that the only logical blame is on the boy... After 2 night of passion & she must have a magic tricks that turns a troubled boy into a stalker.