source: A Mother's Greatest Fear

This movie is about a kidnapping of a teenage girl ( yawn ) , and right from the start it is boring ! So , the young glamorous Mom is SO stressed about her kidnapped daughter , that she still has the time to reapply her lipstick and look georgous !!! By the way ,the daughter is about the same age as glam Mom !!!!! Meanwhile she has the help of ' McGuiver ' lookalike Steve to help in the search until useless ,cheating Dad of kidnapped daughter arrives . Oh , did I mention that Mom just happens to be .....wait for it .....................an ex hostage negotiator , yes you heard right . There are some hilarious flashbacks to be seen regarding that . Really though ,I do think that everyone SHOULD watch this utter piece of rubbish, and just enjoy how bad it is . I had such a laugh with this one , a little gem !!!!!!

This came on daytime TV. Me being bored and with too much time on my hands I decided to watch this. But I forwarded some parts. The acting is so bad it'll make you cry. The storyline is rushed and cliche. If I paid to watch this at the cinema, I would be furious.

A good film but very predictable no suspense but addictable

I love Lifetime movies most of the time and I like Joey Lawrence. This might be a lot better but the acting is terrible! Especially the female characters. Very unrealistic. And who searches all over town for their child in 4 inch heels? Give me a break.

Mrs. Alice Gould is a former hostage negotiator, who has now become an overprotective mom to her seventeen-year-old daughter Maddie. "A Mother's Worst Fear" features Mrs. Gould racing around Beverly Hills in her high heels in a desperate search for her kidnapped daughter. The abduction of young Maddie is a strange affair in that the perp is not demanding any ransom and will not even speak to the immediate family. So, Mrs. Gould and her friend Steve, a former cop, are frustrated in their search for a motivation and clues that will lead them to Maddie. Mrs. Gould's husband Brent appears on the surface to be a loving father. But behind the scenes, he has deceived his wife about his financial transactions and has recently conducted a shady deal with the underworld figure Tony Materelli. Brent has also been sleeping with his assistant, Victoria, who introduced him to Tony and believes that she will become the next Mrs. Gould. The heart and soul of the film was in the decency of Mrs. Gould and her steadfast love of her daughter. The film's theme of over-protectiveness was well developed and indeed not unfounded. Victoria became hysterical when it appeared that Brent might not leave his wife, and the assistant became so out-of-control that she was even willing to sell young Maddie into Tony Materelli's human trafficking ring. In a fateful incident in the past, Mrs. Gould and Steve failed to save young Lilly from his kidnapper, Nick. The woman's death has haunted them both as they moved on with their careers and their lives. Now, Mrs. Gould has been given a second chance in the opportunity to rescue her daughter. In the moment of truth, she uses all of her skills to demonstrate not only that she is a resourceful Beverly Hills cop, but also a caring and devoted mom.

The daughter, mum, Victoria in the office and Maddy's friends all look in their 30s ? Awful film. The mom and her dumb ex partner go around assaulting everyone ! Just awful.

Outright just terrible acting. Stupid story line. ok do my review is too short so I will copy and paste it here again! Outright just terrible acting. Stupid story line. ok do my review is too short so I will copy and paste it here again!

I thought this would be a good movie since I was familiar with the actors but I decided very quickly it was more of a B rated movie! I'm not sure how many former hostage negotiators would leave the house in stiletto heels to search for their missing child.... I would have had to either change shoes or throw them off yet our female lead wears them the entire movie. Really?!? The acting in some scenes of the movie were okay but most of the acting was merely mediocre. Although I know Joey Lawrence, Katrina Begin, and David Chokachi are fairly seasoned actors, this movie makes you feel they are without prior acting experience. I'm an avid movie watcher and desire closure so I stuck it out until the end of the movie. I shouldn't have wasted my time on this one...it was 2 hours of my life I'll never get back!

The Taken formula usually works to get you interested. So this abduction and rescue movie starts fairly involving. Katrina Begin is attractive as ex hostage negotiator Mom. A slew of other familiar faces helps make this more watchable. Joey Lawrence as cheating Dad, David Chokachi as ex partner cop who helps Mom. Some rather lame things like accusing her ex partner of taking her daughter. The perpetrator is kind of pathetic. Ok for one watch but not great.