Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

kapelusznik18 ****SPOILERS****Obsession is a bitch and administrative assistant Rachel Partson, Josie Davis, learns that the hard way in her trying to win over her boss David Wescott, Chris Potter, after she found out that his wife Carol played as a corpse not a real life human being by Jennifer Marcil, in a non-speaking role, was suffering from a food or drug induced stroke. Seeing her big chance Rachel sneaks into the emergency ward without anyone there bothering to notice her, they may well have been on their coffee brake, and pops a needly in her arm causing an air bubble to end up killing her.Now working to get David to fall in love with her Rachael gets very friendly with his 10 year old daughter Isabella, Veronique-Natale Szalankiewice, as well as makes sure that he wins the very lucrative Price Account by sabotaging David's rival for it, by blackmailing him, Grady Bransen,Ian M. Watson, in him being forced to drop it. Still as hard as Rachael tries to get David to fall in love and marry her she falls flat on both her a** as well as face. David you see is still in love and loyal to his dear departed wife Carol the very woman that Rachael murdered to be have him hook up with her.***SPOILERS*** David now realizing that he has a nut-Rachael-on his hands fires her just to keep her out of his hair which is a lot for a man his-in his middle 40's- age as well as life but it backfires badly on him. Rachael not taking the hint, that David doesn't love her, feel that being fired will make things much easier for him to marry her by her just being a stranger not an employee of his: You go figure that one out! This insanity on Rachael's part came to a bitter end with her crashing a party that David is throwing for his employees and gunning down but not killing his new assistant Mary-Beth, Sophie Gendron, in the wild free for all. Rachael convicted of murder not just of Carol but her live in roommate Nora, Deborah Pollitt, who was about to expose her wild fantasies to both the police as well as David. That as well as assault with intent to kill Rachael will have lots of time behind bars to reflect on the insanities that she had inflicted on those around her.

Antoinette Y Josie Davis does a fantastic job in this as "Rachel", an assistant who is obsessed with her boss. Even though she is crazy as a loon, there are aspects about her character that are quite likable. She's got more than one side to her, unlike some of the nuttier one-dimensional lifetime villains I've seen. Sophie Gendron's character as the meddling, goody-goody aunt, Mary-Beth, was annoying. I thought she was a horrible snob and cannot figure out why she is praised as a good person in this movie. When she first meets Rachel, she snidely says "Oh yes, you're the Secretary.". Rachel corrects her and says, "Actually, I'm an Executive Assistant" and Mary Beth just smirks at her in a really condescending way. I thought, what a rude *#^%$! Sophie is much more likable in other lifetime movies IMO. Rachel Hunter's acting as Judith was boring and plastic. She has the personality of a doorknob. However, I thought the boss (Chris Potter) was perfectly cast and did a superb job in his role. His acting is real and very believable.

rgcustomer I can't believe I watched the whole thing. For fans of any kind of thriller or suspense films, or any kind of drama, you are going to be seriously disappointed with this one. We have all seen the "trusted assistant is nutty stalker" movie a hundred times, so we expect something different when a new version is foisted on us. Every single second of this movie was predictable, from the start to the finish. There is not one surprise. Based on other comments here I stuck it out to the end, but oh did I regret it. We've seen it all before. And on top of that, the dialog was just horrible. Nobody speaks that way, no, not even to themselves. I will remark that Chris Potter was one of the few good things about this movie. He is actually an actor with talent. I really don't know what his agent was thinking when they got him mixed up in this mess. He needs to fire that person ASAP.

bobchilders If you haven't seen it already, avail yourself of the opportunity to see "The Perfect Assistant" on Lifetime. This movie combines an excellent cast with a taut and fast-paced script. Josie Davis is sparkling in this movie, and Rachel Hunter gives a solid performance. And Chris Potter's tender, nuanced performance as David Wescott may well garner an Emmy. Potter has established himself as one of the premier leading men in Lifetime TV movies. With this film, director Douglas Jackson has established himself as a leader in made-for-TV suspense. Under his able direction, the actors turn in brilliant performances and Christine Conradt's script translates beautifully onto the screen. And the climax is the most thrilling ten minutes in made-for-TV cinema. I can say confidently that this is the best Lifetime movie I've seen in years. Don't miss this one!