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One of my all time favorites.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

"Engaged to Kill" from 2006 is a Lifetime movie made in Canada, starring Joe Lando, Dominic Zamprogna, Maria Del Mar, and Katherine Isabelle.Based on a true story, the pediatrician wife, Abby (Del Mar) of a businessman Robert Lord (Lando) is kidnapped, and the ransom demand is a million dollars. Somehow overnight, Lord manages to get the money. He won't call in the police. Meanwhile, Abby Lord is assured by Sally (Daniella Evangelista), the girlfriend of her captor that all they want is the money; her boyfriend is taking her to Hawaii for their wedding. Abby realizes that she's going to be killed, even if Sally believes every word this guy tells her. When she sees a chance to escape, she takes it, but Sally is killed.The captor blames Abby for his girlfriend's death and moves in on the family, hurting their finances still more while he's seducing Abby's and Robert's daughter.All pretty obvious. I watched this because General Hospital's Dominic Zamprogna was in it, a few years before he joined the show. He does well as a real sleaze.I found this okay. I make fun of Lifetime movies, but they're a way to escape and relax. They're not hokey like Hallmark films, and though derivative and predictable, somehow you keep watching.

I agree with what most of the other posters have said. Engaged to Kill is a terrific Lifetime thriller. Contains all of the key elements of a good Lifetime movie- creepy male killer and heroic female heroines. However, that being said, and maybe I'm being nitpicky, but it could have been made better.First of all the title. *Almost* pure genius. See the creepy killer is indeed engaged, as in ready, to kill- not once, but twice- in the beginning when the doctor is kidnapped and he plans to kill her and at the end when he tries to kill her daughter. And then, he is really engaged, as in betrothed to marriage, as he proposes to the daughter. See what they did there? But then I thought, maybe he is engaged to his girlfriend in the beginning of the film. The title then has meaning not once, but in four different ways in the movie. I think I just blew my own mind! Sheer genius of a double-entendre titling huh? Almost... He did not *need* to get engaged 'to' kill. He could have just been dating the daughter and did the same thing. So really, it could have been named 'Engaged and Kills'. Though it would have packed the punch of the original title, it would have been more accurate. I think the best title would have been- 'Mother May I Sleep with Danger II' or 'Mother May I Be Engaged to Danger'. That would have been mucho better.Here's another issue. The mother doctor is being framed by the creepy boyfriend because he gets a patient to say that one of her procedures went wrong. Now mind you, that would give me seconds thoughts about seeing a doctor under investigation. But then her boss says they are getting flooded with patients complaining that she was rude and rough with the patients. Just because there is one allegation of malpractice does not automatically prompt patients to accuse a doctor of other things- especially if she is a truly good and honest doctor. What I think happened is once one person was perceived as being brave enough to stand up against her other patients became emboldened enough to speak up about how she mistreated them over the years. I think she was a truly shady doctor who *finally* got her just desserts! Also, what's up with the creepy boyfriend's henchman? How many henchmen can pull off impersonating a gynecologist? And he's a good looking guy- not the kind of guys you see in lockup. He should doing something else, like making made for TV movies...Finally, the ending comeuppance line could have been better. The daughter is standing at the door after having a major artery slashed (don't worry paramedics that trusty drape pull will hold!). As a final shot at the creepy boyfriend, she says, in a cute way, Aloha! See because they were going to get married in Hawaiia & the writers, with a never dying love of double entendre, also knew that Aloha means both hello and goodbye in Hawaiian. But why not take it a little further and emphasize the last syllable- Alo-HA! Boy, they could have scored *triple* entendre there. Or why not something simple and tongue in cheek- like, 'Oh, I'm calling the engagement off- Alo-Ha! That way they could have worked the film title back into the script. Lost opportunities that separate good, from *great* films...Okay, well there's my four cents. Again, I highly recommend "Mother May I Sleep with.. I mean 'Engaged to Thrill' to anyone.

I probably should just desist from commenting on this flick. The few previous comments which commend it have high approval marks from those accessing them, except for the one from overseas, which was 0-for-11 previously.However, I caught this film on a Friday after a pretty hectic week, and with a busy weekend approaching, so just laid back for a couple of hours mid-day.I did miss the kidnapping portion, but not difficult to infer what had occurred there, and with other comments - and was understandable that family would be a bit spooked and on-edge following.Still, there wasn't a single character with whom I could empathize or sympathize, and the twerp who entered their lives as the obnoxious daughter's love interest (Nick) was too insipid for me believe him capable of his chicanery. The lead couple, including "Abby," who was commended elsewhere, were a weak pair.And the whole nonsense regarding the financial transactions, the compromising of the father's credit card via internet poker, the ease with which Abby's reputation as a physician was besmirched, was all presented on the level of the silliest of soap opera fare.The back-and-forth emotional exchanges among the family members, in every possible one-on-one combination, or en masse, were also on the level of those seen in the weakest "soap" episodes.The snail's pace with which the police finally got some hard information was unbelievable - even given the ineptitude of the cops on most Lifetime fare.By the time things got to the inevitable 10 minutes or so of climax and revelation, I don't see how anyone could possibly care.(If you wished to insert something illustrating an example of the word "schlep" in a time capsule for future generations, a DVD of this flick would suffice. These folks - without exception - schlepped around throughout this story, from beginning to end.)The only thing raising this presentation from 1* to 2 is that the quality of production was better than most.

Nothing in this movie seems to surprise you, they did everything they can to delete all the tension out of this movie. It looks like some soap-crew filmed this movie! Awful!!!!! The story isn't original at all. It must been done a million times in a lot of B movies! Now i Understand why this movie didn't made it to the cinema. I really couldn't believe it. I thought a average score of 6,6 isn't to bad, but i was wrong. Nothing in this movie seems to surprise you, they did everything they can to delete all the tension out of this movie. It looks like some soap-crew filmed this movie! Awful!!!!! The story isn't original at all. It must been done a million times in a lot of B movies! Now i Understand why this movie didn't made it to the cinema. I really couldn't believe it. I thought a average score of 6,6 isn't to bad, but i was wrong.