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When Renee's shy teenage daughter Deandra finally makes a friend, Olivia, she is thrilled. After Olivia's initial bossiness turns into emotional abuse, Renee embarks on a desperate search for her daughter, before she's gone for good.

Alexandra Doke, Juliana Destefano, and Tiana Tuttle in American Psychos (2019)

Ok movie but soundtrack is so loud you can't hear the dialogue

It was clear that the filmmakers wanted to dramatize how a vulnerable teenager may come under the influence of a troubled peer which results in a series of life-damaging consequences. The character of Olivia is one of those predators who carefully select the most sensitive person and proceed to suck the life out of the victim in order to placate their insatiable sense of neediness. Unfortunately, the character of Deandra Laird had enough backbone and the kind of self-confidence that made it unconvincing that she would fall under the spell of the deranged Olivia. The most outlandish moment was when Olivia entered into Deandra&#39;s room while she was sleeping and instantly convinced her to leave school and run away to New York. The two young women simply start walking and hitch a ride! The backstory of Olivia was also not very well detailed. In the film&#39;s opening scene, we witness one of Olivia&#39;s outbursts with her friend Liberty, who topples over a bridge and falls to her death. But the story of what happened to Olivia&#39;s mother was never made clear. Apparently, Olivia was present when the mother committed suicide. If that is the case, Olivia never lifted a finger to try to save her. The most sympathetic character was Deandra&#39;s mother Renée, a single parent and a nurse. The mother moved to a new city after Deandra had behavioral problems in school. But the move did not make a difference in large part due to Deandra&#39;s sullen and ungrateful attitude. One feels more for the mother than for the bratty kid. The film is noteworthy for a raucous and wild motel bathroom scene in which the true colors of Olivia finally become apparent to young Deandra. But in the end, this was a depressing film evidently based on true events. The film&#39;s denouement implied that Olivia has not yet received the help she so desperately needs, as she has singled out a vulnerable patient in a nut house who will be her next victim.

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American Psychos

I would give the movie more stars as it is a pretty good plot and acting but the soundtrack is so loud I have no idea what is being said especially in the most crucial parts at the end. It&#39;s all music blaring and I have no idea what the actors are saying.

To start off, I was annoyed by the transitions. Who decides a 3 second black screen with no sound would fitting for this movie? I can only remember one good transition. As bland as the plot is, I thought it could&#39;ve been saved by the acting, but no. The direction taken for this film was very poor and inexperienced, just like it&#39;s actors. The writing for Psycho BFF sounds like they put a 14 year old Wattpad author to work. There was no development whatsoever for the characters or plot. The delivery of the lines made sitting through it unbearable. Hopefully, the actors and the director find some improvement.

A new girl in school gets in the crosshairs if some mean girls but later befriends a wild and crazy girl. Don&#39;t get the motivation of the wacko much in this story. Doesn&#39;t come to much either. Nothing special.

First of all the audio was terrible all the way through. Now I like Kate Watson but I&#39;m sorry to say she was terrible in this movie. I am not going to go through the plot because it does not interest me. What I am going to talk about is the last ten minutes or so of the film. It was so stupid that it was beyond belief. So psycho whacks one of the punks on the head with a bottle and grabs Deandra&#39;s hand and they run into the bathroom and lock themselves in. So the main punk starts rattling the doorknob and banging on the door. This goes on for five minutes or so. And he&#39;s screaming and yelling at Olivia to open the door. If he has established that rattling the knob and banging on the door is not going to make the door open magically then why continue? Also a punk his size he could have broken the door down with his shoulder. Anyway moving on. Then we have the cops show up alongside Deandra&#39;s mom (Watson) and the female cop escorts the two punks out while the male cop draws his gun and just stands back and fidgets around on his feet doing absolutely nothing. Not even when Olivia fires a shot through the door. This annoyed me so much. I have also seen Juliana Destefano in a couple of other Lifetime movies and she wasn&#39;t bad in them. But in this she was just terrible. In fact all the cast were terrible in this. The End.

I thought the 5 female leads were pretty solid and it was a great film for the demographic.

User reviews

American Psychos

Under the Influence

Ok movie but soundtrack is so loud you can't hear the dialogue

Overall Ruined Experience

Not much of anything - skip this one

Not impressed

Solid for its' genre

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