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The Wrong Daughter

- Love Me or Else

Kate and Joe have longed to be parents and are considering in vitro options... when Danica, a child Kate gave up 17 years ago, appears on Facebook. Danica comes to live with them, but she's not their real child. She's an impostor who will do anything, even kill, to get the mother's love she never had.

Release Date : 2018-04-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : LifetimeThe CartelReel One Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Love me or ElsePsycho Daughter

Cast

Character Name : Kate

Original Name : Cindy Busby

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ms. Hanson

Original Name : April Bowlby

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samantha

Original Name : Sydney Sweeney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joseph

Original Name : Jon Prescott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Melissa

Original Name : Kelsey Griswold

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ivan

Original Name : Jesse Pepe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danica

Original Name : Sierra Pond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Stevenson

Original Name : Owen Saxon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Richards

Original Name : Tom Berklund

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Larsen

Original Name : Gina Hiraizumi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse Hopewell

Original Name : Lisa Canning

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Cruz

Original Name : Perry Laylon Ojeda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abe

Original Name : Max Wilbur

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frances

Original Name : Jeanette O'Connor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective Willis

Original Name : Delpaneaux Wills

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2025-05-09

**_The teen girl from hell_** An unruly 18 years-old orphaned girl (Sydney Sweeney) leaves a group home and worms her way into a young couple’s life by pretending to be the long lost daughter given up for adoption by the mother (Cindy Busby). “The Wrong Daughter” (2018) is a television production that understandably lacks the artistry of Drew Barrymore’s “Poison Ivy,” yet it works well enough for a family-oriented drama with some crime thrills, prosaic though it may be. Since it came out, Sweeney’s star has risen and most people will consider her the main attraction. She was almost 20 during shooting (or just turned 20), but she’s a little too thin here. As far as I’m concerned, Cindy Busby is the real highlight on the feminine front; she was 34 during shooting. (Be sure to check her out in “Behemoth” from seven years earlier, if you haven’t already). The flick is successful in making you root against the manipulations of the troubled young lass with the middle portion causing tedium and frustration. Yet the last act delivers the goods IMHO. She’s a psycho, but some sympathy is cultivated for her, even if it’s just a little. She executes evil deeds, indeed, yet the writers wisely keep it within plausibility. Less is more. It runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles. GRADE: B-