If you are a fan of a good Lifetime thriller, then this is the movie for you. It is filled to the brim with enough paternity drama, kidnapping, unexpected pregnancy, mother/daughter bonding, and adoption issues to keep you thoroughly entertained for it's brief 90 minutes. Stalked At 17, naturally based on true events, tells the story of high school student Angela who falls for 21-year-old Chad.

Chad, abandoned by his drug-addict mother, when he was four years old, has a great deal of family issues to sort out, and is clearly in no position to be starting a family of his own. When Angela becomes pregnant with Chad's child, all hell breaks loose, as Chad's aggression begins to show. Angela's parents naturally pull her away from him, only making matters worse. Will Angela and her infant son survive this disturbing affair? You'll have to check out Stalked At 17 to find out.

While the film may not be perfect in every regard, it is certainly an entertaining hour and a half, with very good performances throughout. Taylor Spreitler, who plays Angela, gives a very authentic feel to her adolescent angst, and is a very likable heroine. My favorite characters in the film however were Angela's mom, played by Amy Pietz, and Chad's adopted mom, played by Linda Purl. The films best moments are shared between these two women interacting in the hopes of protecting their children. Chuck Hittinger plays Chad's level of crazy obsession very well, although occasionally he goes a bit overboard. But this certainly does not take away from the enjoyment of the film.

Overall, Stalked At 17, is an engaging tale of regret, obsession, and deceit, with Angela and Chad both playing for keeps. If you're a fan of suspenseful Lifetime movies, you will definitely enjoy this one.

For someone who is stalked, and then basically kidnapped at gunpoint, the young actress Taylor Spreitler was not ready for this role. Her performance was wooden.

The writing for this movie was really not that good. The Stalker gave a decent performance, as well as his adoptive mother and biological mother.

This movie would have been much better with a stronger lead actress in the role.

Overall, another basic nothing movie by Lifetime. Though lately, Lifetime Movies have got some hits in the Anna Nicole movie, and the Jodi Arias movie.

"Stalked at 17" features one of the most sleazy mother-son relationships of any Lifetime film. The mom Toni Marshall has served a long prison sentence for robbery. Her son Chad was adopted, raised, and nurtured by a kind woman who rose to become city councilwoman. But the son would appear to have inherited the genes from his birth mother that have given him the predisposition of a sociopath. Toni and Chad make quite the pair!

The most interesting character in the film is without a doubt young Angela Curson. No character has been more aptly named than the angelic young woman who becomes pregnant with Chad's baby. Despite the opportunity to run off and live with Chad, Angela has the good sense to respect the wisdom of her parents and "take time off" from the relationship with Chad until the baby is born. This makes Chad livid with rage, and he begins stalking Angela even through a restraining order.

There were moments when one started to feel empathy for Chad and his attempt to pull himself up by his bootstraps and rise above the level of his slovenly mother. But at every key juncture, Chad is a backslider, falling back into his pattern of wild and uncontrollable possessiveness.

A beautiful baby, little Josh, is delivered by Angela, and Chad makes a beeline to the boy, running right through his restraining order. Abetted by the uncouth mother, Chad kidnaps Angela and Josh at gunpoint and takes them on a journey to Big Bear. It is only through the efforts of the quick-thinking Angela that human decency will supersede the sordid machinations of the unhinged, ex-con Toni and her vile progeny Chad. In such a universe, good must triumph over evil!