Movie Review: The Girl He Met Online (year of release unknown) seen on cable tv, Tubi

Thriller/Drama: not recommended for young children; violence, coarse language, some alcohol use, scenes which depict vandalism, scenes which depict property damage, minor drug use, brief sexual content, some scenes of infidelity, scenes of parental abuse, scenes which depict theft, brief emotional scenes which include coping following death

This movie follows a young woman who becomes unstable following an unsuccessful relationship with her boyfriend. She is shown to not appreciate her step mother but her crazy behaviour only intensifies after she falls for another man who she believes will take her away from her step mother despite her step mother’s good intentions.

This is one of those movies that I couldn’t really follow the first time I watched it. It was first viewed by me on cable tv and with all the commercials that tv movies have, I could not formulate a blog with what I was able to piece together. There were two things I was able to notice from watching this on cable tv. One thing was that this would not be a movie my brother would watch as the woman in this movie looks like an ex girlfriend of his from back when we used to live at home. I’m sure this would bring back bad memories of that failed relationship. The other thing I noticed is that this movie was likely filmed in Ottawa as there were several places seen throughout this movie that are from Ottawa. It’s been years since I first viewed this movie and it was first seen well before I started reviewing movies as a hobby. Now that I saw it again, I feel as though I can expand on my opinion of it especially without the commercials getting in the way. After thoroughly watching this film, I can honestly say that I do not want a girlfriend especially if she is going to act like the woman did in this film. Throughout the film, she is shown to be full of lies, having affairs with this guy, that guy, stealing from stores and then threatening the store manager for trying to make her pay for what she took, ETC. You know, all of this would be acceptable if it wasn’t for this one little thing. I cannot accept how she treats her mother whether it’s her step mother or not. I mean, her step mother was nice to her the whole movie and for no reason, throughout the movie, she insults her because she is low on money when compared to her boyfriend, and then assaults her for no reason. To be honest, I wish I had her problems with mom. Throughout this movie, she is rude to her mother for not leaving her alone. In my case with mom, it’s unfortunately the exact opposite. My mother believes I call her too much but at least I know that I’m nicer to my mother than my brothers are. In this movie, there wasn’t one scene where she was nice to her mother but the biggest problem is that it wasn’t justified at all. Her mother did nothing to deserve the way she was treated and I have to say that I would never treat my mother like that but if I did, I know that my mother would not put up with nor should she put up with it. There is one good point I want to address that this movie did teach me though. It put the final nail in the coffin as far as me ever having another girlfriend. This was something that as everybody knows, I was really undecided about up to this point. The fact is that if she’s anything like the woman in this movie, I will want nothing to do with her. Even at that though, I just might not want another one anyway as I’m happy with the way my life is. You know what? I might even boost the rating for this otherwise impassable movie just for helping me come to this definitive conclusion. After all, as bad as I may be, I’m nowhere near as bad as she is and I have a heart. I will give credit where it is due. Though 99.9% of this movie was no good, it did help me realize the error of my ways which would come if I ever had another girlfriend. It helped me realize that everybody was right in saying that I would lose most of my free time and everything else but assuming she ends up being as bad as this woman, the fact is that I respect my family too much, (especially mom,) to put them at risk. Seeing this makes me appreciate what I do have as opposed to what I don’t. I have a great family and a life which I wouldn’t trade in for nothing especially some girl who would just cause me more problems. Having said that, the movie still isn’t passable due to the psycho nature of that woman and how she treats her mother. While I can never forgive that about this film, I suppose it wasn’t a total waste of time. Hopefully my next one will be better though.

Movie rating: 5 out of 10

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