There have been many thrillers of this nature, some done on big budgets with a list stars for the big screen but mostly done as TV movies of the week, this one with Melissa Gilbert and Jack Scalia. The premise really isn't believable from the start with Scalia hiring Gilbert as nanny to send Matthew Lawrence and not really checking her references. Soon she confesses that she has no idea about anything from her past, and everything she figures out comes from nightmares that she has, particularly the sense that someone is following her. That someone is her father, Michael Gross, and it appears to have something to do with a tragedy that occurred when she was a child and leading to the death of her mother.
It's interesting that Lawrence and Gilbert do not hit it off from the start with him telling her that he doesn't like her, but as she gets closer to his widowed father, he begins to want to help her figure out the truth of her past. It's obvious where the film is going when Gross shows up on screen, although there are many moments in between the exposition scenes and much more tense moments involving the main plot where the film becomes bogged down in the building relationship between Gilbert and Scalia. Still, it's well acted, keeps the audience on their toes in the more intense moments, and like most thrillers, becomes very gripping as everything comes together and the plot thickens into a very powerful stew. Still, it takes some patience, but most viewers will be satisfied with the steps that it takes in reaching its conclusion.
It's interesting that Lawrence and Gilbert do not hit it off from the start with him telling her that he doesn't like her, but as she gets closer to his widowed father, he begins to want to help her figure out the truth of her past. It's obvious where the film is going when Gross shows up on screen, although there are many moments in between the exposition scenes and much more tense moments involving the main plot where the film becomes bogged down in the building relationship between Gilbert and Scalia. Still, it's well acted, keeps the audience on their toes in the more intense moments, and like most thrillers, becomes very gripping as everything comes together and the plot thickens into a very powerful stew. Still, it takes some patience, but most viewers will be satisfied with the steps that it takes in reaching its conclusion.