I honestly don't understand why people review Lifetime films as though they're supposed to be the same quality as Sunset Boulevard or Citizen Kane. All the "it's so bad" reviewers need to get a clue. Lifetime films are the equivalent of flimsy romance novels or pulp thrillers. They're simple escapism. This movie does just what it sets out to... it's a distraction from the world's problems and the performances and twists were great. This was a fun Lifetime-quality thriller.
The Surrogate
2013
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Surrogate
2013
Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Childless Los Angeles realtor Allison Kelly can no longer have children, she having frozen some embryos upon that diagnosis. With only one viable embryo among those left, she and her college professor/novelist husband Jacob Kelly have decided to try surrogacy to have that child. Despite going to a surrogacy agency, they eventually decide upon "a friend", Kate Randall, as their surrogate, she a young woman who recently started working in a support staff function in Jacob's English department at the college. What Jacob and Allison are unaware of is that Kate maneuvered her way into being their surrogate, she doing whatever necessary behind the scenes to get the job and she who has long been obsessed with Jacob. Her ultimate goal is to be with Jacob as a couple, the unborn child solely a pawn. As such, she sets in motion a plan which includes forming a rift between Allison and Jacob, with Jacob turning to her for support. What Kate does not account on is that a man named Matt is looking for her, he the boyfriend of Remy Daniels, the woman Kate killed as she was the original person Allison and Jacob were going to choose as their surrogate. Even if Allison and Jacob discover Kate's plan, they have the welfare of their unborn child to consider in what to do, let alone their own lives, especially Allison's as "the other woman" in the way.
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A fun popcorn thriller
So bad it is bad
The Surrogate is a fantasy where people act like aliens logic is thrown out of the window and murder is so easy a utter piece of trash do not watch.
When the Water Breaks
Before the opening credits, an attractive young woman has a terrible fight with an older man. She kicks him in the goody holders and drives away
After the credits, we meet cute college professor Cameron Mathison (as Jacob Kelly). He is obviously not the man in the opening. Also a famous novelist, Mr. Mathison is happily married to attractive realtor Annie Wersching (as Allison). Due to health and age concerns, Ms. Wersching is unable to bear children. She has, luckily, one viable frozen embryo left in the fridge. The only thing left for Mathison and Wersching to do is find a surrogate for their baby. This being a "Lifetime" TV movie, you know what that means...
Drooling over Mathison, Amy Scott (as Katherine "Kate" Randall) maneuvers her way into a job at the college. The young woman we meet in the violent opening minutes, Ms. Scott is determined to be selected as "The Surrogate" and carry Mathison's child. Surrogate mothers are marvelous foil for psycho TV movie women. This story follows a predictable formula, but adds some events you're not likely to predict, especially during the last minutes. A pregnant woman shown "water breaking" has become acceptable viewing on US TV, but director Doug Campbell and his crew top it off with an astonishing and wacky look at what could possibly follow that function.
***** The Surrogate (1/1/13) Doug Campbell ~ Cameron Mathison, Amy Scott, Annie Wersching, Matthew Alan