Mum's Monday: Twin Betrayal

When the channel 5 announcer announced this film, as it was just after the Australian soap ‘Neighbours’ they referred to an equivalent storyline from Neighbours featuring the characters Dee and Andrea both played by Madeleine West. Dee being the good twin and Andrea being the evil/bad twin. So me being a Neighbours fan thought I would also watch this film as well.

It is lovely to hear a mother Jessica Klint (Jen Lilley) tell her son that the divorce is not his fault. This is nice because too many children blame themselves when their parents split up.

The boring ‘Insurance’ conference is looking up, well was. Now there are just 70,000 problems plus one set up.

I don’t like how Jessica’s dad is so harsh. This is all building up the tension/suspense. It is nice that Jessica’s sister Alessandra (Jen Lilley) wants to reconnect. A lesson, if you are asking a favour, be nice to the person who you are asking the favour off.

I actually like this part. The twins are good at working together. Harry (Nick Ballard) is at a loss, this is clever.

Now Alessandra needs a favour. I know it is devious but it is all carefully worked out even down to swapping handbags. Just when I thought the language barrier would be a problem, it isn’t but things now look bad, but what a kind police officer, Phew. ‘It’s over’, but I get the sense it is not over by a long way.

I know Jessica is in the clear but sadly, the evidence is building up. I didn’t like how Jessica’s ex husband offered his condolences, especially as to what the last conversation/argument was between father and daughter. 

Well, well what is he doing back? What a twisted entwined mess. It is sad now,that the twin thing can get Jessica out of a ‘Tape’ problem, but sadly, can land you in another scenario where the maid Maria (Peggy Blow) sees ‘You’ or thinks she does. Twins are twins and when they are identical a miss identification is easy. Added in all that money, a tight-fisted with money father and a threat to be cut out of a Will. it all adds up to the mild but horrible suspense of an innocent person/soul being swept into a difficult heart-wrenching situation.

It is lovely that Jessica has someone to confide in. it is good to see Jessica go to the police officer. Jessica might just, just be able to sort it out. It is amusing that it is the fact that she was asked out on a ‘Date’. How could she know that? And I thought having no/an unravelling alibi was a problem but there is still the small matter of the other 10 million problems. 

The twist is clever, Jessica I feel is a little too trusting well almost, but her plan , I hope it works. Yes, it all does sound ‘Far-fetched’ and now sadly, it gets very orange. I see no way out. It is now lovely to see Jessica’s ex husband actually be nice. Now what a twist. ‘Not Maddie’ (Yasmine Aker) not Maddie. This is evil with so many twists, and now yes, thank you Maddie and especially ‘Thank you detective’