Would You Kill for Me? The Mary Bailey Story

Ella (Melissa Joan Hart), her daughter Veronica Jo Bailey (Olivia Scriven), and her granddaughter Mary Bailey (Presley Allard) are in the house when Veronica's ex Willard Simms (Connor McMahon) barges in. Willard is shot and Veronica claims to be the one who did it. The police finds Veronica and Mary had handled the gun.

This could be a good mystery movie. I don't know anything about the real life story. The opening really intrigued me. It seems set up to follow the cops in their investigation. Instead, the film goes backwards into flashbacks and jumps right into the courtroom. It's the basic abused woman story and it's not that compelling. I would prefer following the cops and then the courtroom drama.