A Killer Among Friends

It is no surprise who the killer is in this movie of the disturbing murder of a sweet teenage girl raised by Patty Duke Astin, who tries to be a friend as well as a mother. There are lots of preachy/teachy speeches at first, before the murder, and then a full obsession into finding the killers. As obvious as the storyline was, and as overwrought the acting was, I was sucked in nonetheless, to see how it ended, even though you could see it coming from miles and miles away. It was just awful. The female detective looks like a poor man's Michelle Lee in egg-and-pancake makeup. This is a cast of nobodies, with the exception of Ms. Duke and the young woman who would become Tiffany-Amber Thiessen of 90120 fame. I gave it two stars because the bad acting sufficiently pulled me in to watch the whole