SYNOPSICS
A Woman Betrayed (2013) is a English movie. Michelle Mower has directed this movie. Sarah Lancaster,Drew Waters,Natalia Cigliuti,Eleese Lester are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2013. A Woman Betrayed (2013) is considered one of the best Thriller movie in India and around the world.
Gwen doesn't have an easy life... She has to provide alone for her son, pay for her studies, and work in a low pay job... She also hasn't been lucky in finding Mr Right... Until now... She meets the man while jogging in a park, and it's love at first sight! It's been a long time since she's experienced that feeling... But little does she know that her "perfect man" is not who he claims he is. And that he has a deadly agenda... And that Sydney, her best friend, is part of this nefarious plan.
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A Woman Betrayed (2013) Reviews
"It's so nice to meet somebody normal."
Struggling single mom who has nightmares of a past abusive relationship starts dating a guy who's too good to be true. I normally don't watch these types of made-for-TV movies. I prefer the lighter ones, like romantic comedies and Christmas movies. But I like Sarah Lancaster so I decided to give this a shot. As I feared, it's not very good. All of the twists are telegraphed far in advance. I mean, the promos for this and every synopsis you find online gives out major plot elements anyway but assuming you went into this completely oblivious to all of that, I still think you'll figure everything in this movie out at least 20 minutes before the main character does. Also they hammered home how hard up she is financially to the point that it became kind of annoying. In the first half-hour they couldn't go a full scene without this chick reminding someone that she's broke as a joke. And yet she lives in a nice house, drives a nice car, wears nice clothes, etc. It was unbelievable. Oh and the Value Mart conversation between her and her friend was hilarious to me. I think this was supposed to make us relate to Sarah's character and think "Wow, this woman has to shop at discount stores! She's like people!" It's pretty funny. The acting by all involved ranges from terrible to adequate. It's not like the material is challenging but I guess people strike out in softball, too. On a superficial note, Sarah is stunningly beautiful and Natalia Cigliuti is pretty easy on the eyes, too. So there's that.
Not the worse film ever, but it had some problems
I don't think I really have any major spoilers in this review, but to be on the safe side I have given a warning--as perhaps someone who has not seen the film might not want to know even this much in advance. This film is definitely a modern day tale--with a single, unmarried mother with a young son, struggling to try to meet the bills. The story actually starts out pretty good. Gwen works for an ins. agency, she has a mother she considers too controlling, a best female friend at the office, and she's trying to better herself by taking an on-line real estate course. In the meantime, she can't meet her mortgage. However, she refuses to consider selling the house and moving into something she could actually afford. How she was ever able to afford such an affluent house in the first place remains a mystery. Then one day, out of the blue, she has a flat tire and this nice looking man happens along and changes the tire for her. Soon they're involved in a romance. Only he isn't who he seems, neither is another character in the storyline. The problem is the writer gets a little too clever with the tale and it ends up being rather unbelievable. We also have no way out for the heroine beyond the villain spilling their guts--which I've always considered to be weak writing. We also conveniently manage to come up with a new, albeit sudden romance for the heroine by the end of the film. 4 stars
Natalia Cigulari is standout in Spider-web story of intrigue that eventually unravels like a cheap suit
As Sidney, Gwen's best friend, Natalia Cigulari is absolutely devastating and totally credible until the film's ridiculous denouement. Eleese Lester, a native Texan, in this Houston-based story, is excellent as the mother our heroine thinks is too controlling but is actually the only thing between her and "Texas Justice." On the other hand, our heroine Gwen, portrayed by dewy-eyed Sarah Lancaster, seems to be reading her lines from a teleprompter. And that's just one of this film's many problems. The direction is so heavy-handed and the musical cues remove a lot of the tension from a plot that actually is well above-average in its innate craftiness and set-up of the situation. That's why I even bothered to write this one up. The film's "book" deserves remaking and Ms. Cigulari and Ms. Lester were perfect in their roles. Most of the rest of the cast was at least serviceable with the actress playing the police detective being better than that. The actor playing the other villain, the married Preacher,who pretends to be an unmarried pharmaceutical sales executive who sweeps Gwen off her feet as part of the nefarious plan, is quite good and well cast as well. But the heavy handed direction uses sinister music and then shows us too soon that Sidney is not who she seems to be. This could have been almost a Hitchcockian thriller if we didn't find this out until the climax and if we did not have a director who would be third choice for a third-rate soap opera episode. And as others have said, in the last 15 minutes the villains take all their clever plotting and perfect frame and throw it straight out the window so our heroine can escape. So what could've been a thriller to rival Dial M for Murder ends in characters behaving in a way totally foreign to everything they had done until now and turning our clueless and drugged heroine into a resourceful action hero. Too bad.
terrible plot terrible acting gawwwwd this was awful
Lifetime has some of the worst movies but this is at the top , the acting was the worst, and some of these actors CAN act but not here. I was laughing all the way through, its just plain horrible, I'm going to start writing a script now and sell to lifetime, obviously they pay for anything. the scene on the top of parking garage when they kidnap girl from "Chuck" OMG could they be any worst actors in the world , I don't think so....... If this network is going to spend the money on movies for this channel its just as easy to film good movies as it is bad. and this one is bbbaaaaaad! Looking forward to Flowers in the attic at least I know there is talent in this show, why cant you keep all your movies/shows at this caliber
Pastor Needs a Tighter Plot
Beautifully-figured insurance agent Sarah Lancaster (as Gwendolyn "Gwen" Griffith) suffers from nightmares due to abusive old relationship. A single mom, she lives in Houston, Texas with outspoken six-year-old son Logan Lindholm (as Alec). Felled by a flat tire, Ms. Lancaster receives help from preachy passerby Drew Waters (as Ed Baker). The two begin a whirlwind romance, but Mr. Waters withholds some information... Also involved is sneaky co-worker Natalia Cigliuti (as Sidney) and agile private investigator Bryan Mitchell (as David Wyatt)... Since there is a high level of implausibility, they should have gone all he way and had mother Eleese Lester (as Ellen) uncover a secret, and pay with her life. She could have been given a health ailment, like a weak heart. "The Preacher's Mistress" is a perfectly cast, nicely directed (by Michelle Mower) and engaging TV movie. Alas, this one seems to have been rushed through post-production without ironing out some problems. ***** The Preacher's Mistress (11/2.13) Michelle Mower ~ Sarah Lancaster, Drew Waters, Natalia Cigliuti, Bryan Mitchell