Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story

2023

Crime / Drama / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50%
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 352 352

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Plot summary

When new prisoner Casey is brought to prison corrections officer Vicky White's facility, the two develop a secret infatuation.

Director

Stanley M. Brooks Photo
Stanley M. Brooks

Top cast

Rick Skene Photo
Rick Skene as Task Force Driver 2
Rossif Sutherland Photo
Rossif Sutherland as Casey White
Wendi McLendon-Covey Photo
Wendi McLendon-Covey as Vicky White
Bradley Sawatzky Photo
Bradley Sawatzky as Senior Task Force Member
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1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

Lifetime rip from the headlines

Vicky White (Wendi McLendon-Covey) is worn down from years of lonely monotony. She works for the Sheriff's office in the Lauderdale County Jail. She is frustrated with her mother and has to constantly check on her sick ex-husband. She falls for new prisoner Casey White (Rossif Sutherland), no relations.This story was all over the news for a brief minute. Lifetime is doing the real life story. There isn't much here other than the two great lead actors. The production can't rise above its TV level except for these two. At the end of the day, that's all we have here and that's fine for the most part.
Reviewed by pinkcloudsday 3 / 10

Nothing we already knew

I didn't know there was a movie of vicki white, (I now know there are several) But I saw this available to watch on the Roku channel with a membership activation. Instead I searched for it on youtube and was glad I did. I would have been mad otherwise.I felt a little robbed because the movie seemed to be soley based on the exact details that were plastered all over the news. I was hoping for a little extra information, like what really happened and what was said between the two while in the car. The movie actress didn't even have Vicki's pronounced southern drawl. I feel like the things that were said were made up and that nobody got to do an actual interview with Casey White to get more details. The movie was no more satisfying than reading a news story. Not only that, things that were on the news were left out including the crucial moments at the end of their capture when their conversation was actually recorded by 911. The end of the movie should have been more dramatic. It felt like a movie somebody was forced to make. By the way, the romance parts were a bit over the top and unauthentic. It didn't help me to understand what inspired her to get the hots for this unappealing felon.
Reviewed by deedrala 9 / 10

So very well done

Bad Romance: The Vicky White StoryI'll say it again for the umpteenth time: Lifetime makes stellar, great, riveting true crime flicks - but usually only mediocre-bordering-on-juvenile fiction. You'd never know it was the same production company making these movies. They're spot-on with everything in true crime, but they're like 4th graders making classroom videos with most of the fictional stories.I followed this news-story closely when it happened, so it was interesting to see the movie and wonder/speculate about how alike the characters portrayed here were to the real "Mr. And Mrs. White". It always ends with me dwelling on the sadness of Vicky making the split decision to take her own life and being sure it was the right and only thing to do. Such a shame and a waste that a good, decent person and star employee of many years suddenly "broke bad" - ending in her doom.BTW, the part where she was talking to her mom outside while holding her dog, and she accidentally cuffed his nose while motioning back at her house - it was an obvious goof that they decided to leave in and not shoot the scene over. I love how she ad-libbed a quick, sincere apology to the dog. The only other goof I noticed: when Casey and Vicky were in the convenience store and the cashier kept scanning each item on the counter over and over while fixedly staring at Vicky, when their photos appeared on the TV screen above.My ONLY small complaint: it was sometimes difficult to understand what Casey said, due to him running his words together. But no other actor could have played the guy as well as he did.I make sure to watch this every time I can catch it on TV. I usually only write complaining reviews here, pointing out the bad acting, dialogue, plotholes, mistakes, etc., of most of the LMN fictional stuff, so this is a rare glowing-with-praise gushing review of a Lifetime creation from me because it deserves recognition. The acting - especially of the two leads - was excellent; they both deserve Emmys. And the depiction and filming of their lives and environments so very real/authentic.Definitely recommended to those who appreciate well-done true crime re-enactions - this is just sooooo good, whether you followed the news story when it happened or not.Grade A / 9 out of 10.
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