"Deadly Daughter Switch" features one of our favorite actresses, Lyndsay "Lifetime" Hartley, who co-wrote the screenplay.
The clever premise of the film was that two babies were switched at birth. It was never fully explained what happened at the Hillside Memorial Hospital, but it was clearly a major blunder on the part of the attending Nurse Cameron, who is now deceased.
When Brooke Jenkins learns that her DNA does not match that of her daughter Hailey, the hospital discovers their mistake of sixteen years ago, and the brilliant idea of the human resources department is to let the two teenage girls, Hailey and Breanne, decide their own fate for a permanent home. Will the girls live with the affluent Brooke and Carter Jenkins, or will they choose Alexis and her slovenly boyfriend Nick, who live on the poor side of town? Of course, both girls decide to live in the Jenkins' home.
When Breanne leaves home, her mother Alexis goes ballistic with separation anxiety. Multiple murders ensue, and the devious Alexis plans to get back her daughter at any cost. She refers to the casualties as collateral damage.
While the action was fairly predictable, there were some nice moments of levity, such as the bonding of Hailey and Breanne in which they refer to themselves as the "swisters." Brooke senses that Alexis is becoming unhinged, but her husband Carter is a complete milquetoast and is too slow in recognizing the danger signals. Eventually, Hailey's biological father, John Markham, shows up to try to be a hero.
While the climactic scene was too abrupt and there could have been a stronger denouement about what happened to Alexis, the characters were well-developed, and the film was mainly successful because it never took itself too seriously.
The clever premise of the film was that two babies were switched at birth. It was never fully explained what happened at the Hillside Memorial Hospital, but it was clearly a major blunder on the part of the attending Nurse Cameron, who is now deceased.
When Brooke Jenkins learns that her DNA does not match that of her daughter Hailey, the hospital discovers their mistake of sixteen years ago, and the brilliant idea of the human resources department is to let the two teenage girls, Hailey and Breanne, decide their own fate for a permanent home. Will the girls live with the affluent Brooke and Carter Jenkins, or will they choose Alexis and her slovenly boyfriend Nick, who live on the poor side of town? Of course, both girls decide to live in the Jenkins' home.
When Breanne leaves home, her mother Alexis goes ballistic with separation anxiety. Multiple murders ensue, and the devious Alexis plans to get back her daughter at any cost. She refers to the casualties as collateral damage.
While the action was fairly predictable, there were some nice moments of levity, such as the bonding of Hailey and Breanne in which they refer to themselves as the "swisters." Brooke senses that Alexis is becoming unhinged, but her husband Carter is a complete milquetoast and is too slow in recognizing the danger signals. Eventually, Hailey's biological father, John Markham, shows up to try to be a hero.
While the climactic scene was too abrupt and there could have been a stronger denouement about what happened to Alexis, the characters were well-developed, and the film was mainly successful because it never took itself too seriously.