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Friends 'Til The End

Every once in awhile I like to review a movie in my guilty pleasure library. Truth be told, I have lots of them, but a gal cannot reveal all her secrets at once. So for this installment of guilty pleasure, I submit my review of Friends 'Til The End. When I saw Friends 'Til The End for the first time it was aired on VH1. It was part of their line-up under the category "Movies That Rock." Recently, it aired on the Lifetime Movie Network with the theme 'Back To School Weekend'." For Shannen Doherty fans, this is a movie that is sure to have you feeling charmed. I like her and I know she gets slack, but the way I look at it is, if you don't want to watch it, don't! I enjoyed this movie and that's why I wanted to write a review.

The movie, as a whole, was impressive in the guilty pleasure standards. I love this kind of stuff in movies where there is a creative and motivated person in college who unwittingly becomes entangled in a friendship that at first appears innocent and sweet, but then unravels into a manic and disillusioned frenzy with a dangerous fallout. The person has to fight and come out stronger than before while learning more about who they are as a person. The main focus of the movie is the music and, quite frankly, it was good. The songs, the lyrics, the stage presence was just awesome. There is even one scene where the band is shooting a video to their song called "Stop."

As children, Heather Romley (Shannen Doherty) and Suzanne Boxer (Jennifer Blanc) competed to be the best singer at competitions. Both appeared to look the part and their talents got them far. But for Suzanne, things didn't turn out the way she wanted and this disturbed Suzanne. For Heather, her talents were becoming further developed as she continued to work on reaching her goals. Heather will never know, until maybe too late, that the girl she competed with for so many years ago has come back into her life and this time she has a plan, a dangerous and deadly plan.

Years pass and Heather is now enrolled in college. She is sweetheart of her sorority, sings in a band called Dead Pink and is dating Simon (Jason London), a guitarist in the band, who she just adores. Enter Suzanne Boxer who now goes by the name "Zanne Armstrong." Zanne worms her way into becoming Heather's friend, gets accepted into her sorority and, when she finds out Dead Pink is performing in The-Battle-of-the-Bands contest, she gets herself accepted into the band. Zanne uses her intelligence to win over Heather's friends, trying to destroy her friendship with Alison (Marisol Nichols) over a secret revealed and weasels her way into Simon's bed, which results in Heather leaving the band and Zanne as the new female lead of Dead Pink.

The only glitch that stands in Zanne's psychotic world is Brad Strum (Rafer Weigel), someone from Zanne's past who recognizes her alter ego, Suzanne, and who also knows her psychotic past. Now Heather's world is crashing and she and Zanne are enemies. Zanne has also done something that can jeopardize Heather's scholarship. The only one who believes Heather is Nick ( John Livingston) who was a bandmember and never bought the whole "Zanne story." He has a way to help Heather get all the pieces to Zanne's "real story," but will it come too late? Now Heather and Nick are on their own and are going to be up against Dead Pink. The battle has begun and only one band can win.

I enjoyed getting locked into these characters. Shannen Doherty did a fine job and she gave a lot of energy to the movie. In my opinion, the performance of Jennifer Blanc 's character was the best because her demented mind carried the movie excellently. Overall, a decent cast with lots of appeal enhanced this TV movie. Friends 'Til The End is artsy, creative, full of flavor and combined with fun, twisted and interesting characters, including the upbeat and catchy music that makes this an enjoyable movie. My favorite song in this movie is "Does Anybody Hear Me?" and also the song "Stop" is very good. So just sit back and enjoy this tasty little movie; it sure does lure you in with its seductive premise.

Written by: Lynda Dale MacLean

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