Homecoming (2009)

- written 7-11-09

Summary: Mike was the star quarterback in a blue-collar small town where football is everything. After receiving a scholarship to Northwestern University, he returns home over Christmas break and everyone is surprised to see him with a new girlfriend, Elizabeth, a pretty rich girl from Chicago. No one is more shocked than Mike's homecoming queen ex-girlfriend, Shelby, who desperately wants Elizabeth out of the picture. After a freak car accident leaves an injured Elizabeth at the mercy of Shelby, all hell breaks loose as Shelby does everything it takes to get Mike back.           Overall: A very impressive film about love gone bad. In many ways you can see this as a film similar to “Misery.” The ex-girlfriend ends up in a position of control over the current girlfriend, and the ex is still not happy about the breakup. She wants her shot to recapture what she felt was a perfect love and also eliminate the current and obviously wrong girlfriend. What I never knew before was how scary Mischa Barton can be!!! It’s a good film that can be very suspenseful and keep ya guessing. I’d have hoped that our victim would have taken more control sooner to escape her captor and at the very least inflict some damage, but overall I still thought the film was fairly realistic. To me the treat was Mischa and her terrifying character. It’s definitely a film to watch now!           Comparison: Misery meets The Shining

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