Honestly, the movie is more of a public service announcement than a movie. It is literally ripped from a Dateline episode. They sprinkled in some frivolous ex-girlfriend drama and last minute abduction to qualify it as a "movie" but it has little "story" value. There is essentially no mystery whatsoever. You can predict the entire movie from the first 10-15 minutes.

Kate, the lead victim, is mind-boggling gullible to the point of annoyance - particularly her offering up thousands and thousands of dollars, far beyond her means, SO SOON into their simply "dating" just for a few weeks. Now I know the movie had to compress the timeline for the sake of time and advance the movie but it still was distracting.

These scams really really happen precisely as depicted in the movie... so yes I hope vulnerable men and women find educational value from the presentation. Meanwhile the movie has minimal if any entertainment value.

I'll admit, I didn't watch Love at First Lie from start to finish. I skipped a small chunk, but tuned back in when Walker was feeding Kate a line about how dangerous his profession was and he had to hide a painting from some dangerous people. At that point, I thought Kate should have run for the hills, but instead, she offers to help him hide the painting at her house. I almost stopped watching right then, but the reviews I read intrigued me.

This whole scenario reminded me of the Malaysian movie, Love Conquers All, where a creep pretends to fall in love with a beautiful young woman, then tricks her into prostitution by pretending to be in danger. Similarly, in Love at First Lie, Walker spins a tale about transporting a $6 million painting to a client, but claims that some bad people have found out about it and he can't get it to them. A dozen red flags should have gone off, but Kate doesn't kick him out. Instead, she offers to store the painting at her home.

If the story was just about the paintings, I would have rolled my eyes and stopped watching. But I continued to watch as Walker gains Kate's trust with compliments, flashing wads of cash, and playing tricks on her, like saying his credit cards were stopped due to the bad guys. Of course, Kate offers him hers. And when he shows up bruised, claiming to be beat up by the bad guys, I was like, "Oh my god, this is just like Love Conquers All." That's all part of the scam. And, as in the Malaysian movie, some women believe despite a million warning signs believe their love conquers all.

I would have given this six stars but the ending was not good at all. This guy was a gigolo scammer not a violent kidnapper.

The movie was ok, not great, but not bad either. My only complaint however is the complete and utter mismatch of the Kate and Walker characters. Kate looks like she's fresh out of college, whilst working a job as a realtor (is that even possible?) And Walker looks to be in his mid forties at best. Due to this huge age gap, they did not look right together. They almost looked like father and daughter, or uncle and niece. Very off putting. Not to mention the lack of chemistry between the two.

Not even the Eliza woman looked old enough to date Walker. She looked like she was only a couple years older than Kate. What's up with Lifetime's casting directors that they cast two actors that have no chemistry whatsoever and/or are too far apart in terms of age? Or does Kate have a thing for older men?? Lol.

Even though this was a decent watch, my favorite part was when the Eliza character came over to Kate's house and threatened her with a knife when she refused to back down on exposing Walker. That part was HILARIOUS! Like the way she talked to her in a menacing tone was just comical!

I gave it a 7 star rating because it was something to watch on a Sunday night when I didn't have anything better to do.