Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape (2007) Reviews

• This Movie Was Terrible

  mlone2007-06-26

  When my husband makes fun of my Lifetime movie addiction, most of the time I laugh off his comments. But his mocking comments on this movie were right on target: it was really awful. I thought the plot had promise: the dangers of going wild on Spring Break trips, and how what seems fun while you're drunk can seem trashy and tawdry the next day. But instead we got a really clichéd story of a woman/girl who made some really terrible choices, then, beyond all odds, got her "revenge" in the last five minutes of the movie. What a waste of two hours. Bad acting and even worse writing, and I hated the voice-over lecture at the end. I completely agree with Kimberly's review (above), so read her review on why you should steer clear of this piece of junk.

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• Stupid...

  KAnnD862007-06-24

  ***Contains some spoilers. Don't worry, this movie sucked, so go on and read. Under no circumstances should you actually watch this movie. Yes, I watched the whole thing. I knew better, but did it anyway. I have a hard time not finishing what I've started. Well, if you're reading this, hopefully you haven't made the same mistake I have. How stupid was Emma? For an adult, she had some horrible judgment. Going on Spring Break and having some fun is fine, but come on! Learn some common sense. Never take drinks from strangers! What an idiot. She knew they were filming her! They never hid the camera. It was professional equipment, not some camera-phone. She was soooo stupid not to expect to land on the internet. No, she never could have expected to be in a porno, but for God's sake, she took off her top with the cameras right there! When she got back, she kept saying she didn't do anything. Well taking off your top and faking an orgasm is something. Doing that on film is enough to get a teacher suspended/fired, I'm sure (not that I agree with that, personal life should stay personal, that's just the way it is). Also, it was really... low budget and... hypocritical of them not to show more of the actual film. They showed everything else, including a steamy sex scene between Emma and her boyfriend/fiancé. They were just trying to avoid having to show how her head could possibly be juxtaposed on another woman's body believably. Plus, if it was another woman's body, there would be no point in drugging her and filming her while she slept. If it's that easy to take the footage of her head and attach it to someone, that extra step wouldn't be necessary. The rest of this movie was just garbage. The ending sucked and made no sense. Her little narration at the end was so cliché. I'm not saying she brought it on herself, but she has to take some responsibility for her actions. I'm really ashamed Lifetime put this movie on. It doesn't send a good message for women. It's just a lecture disguised as a movie... a terrible movie. Ugh, I'm just disgusted with it. Avoid at all costs.

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• Some of these comments are so moralistic--exactly what the film's about!

  Gore_Won2008-06-05

  Comments that blame the victim are exactly what the film was preaching against. No, this is no Academy Award-winning film. It didn't win any critics' award, or Sundance, or Golden Globe, but it has a point. Many people are hypocrites and they will find it difficult to find in favor of women who show any sexuality. To the poster who dismissed the girl because she took a drink from a stranger--imagine your daughter forgetting that rule for one moment--here are two quotes for you to chew on: Hell is the theological equivalent of "Boy are you gonna get it when your dad gets home!" - Jack Carlson The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists--that is why they invented hell. - Bertrand Russell

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• Spring Fling Goes Bad

  bkoganbing2007-12-28

  Watching Reckless Behavior: Caught On Tape the only thing I was thinking is that here's two hours I'll never get back. I stuck with it so I could write this review and warn others to beware. Odette Yustman plays a bright young grade school teacher in a small town enthusiastic about her job and eagerly awaiting marriage to a local guy. When spring break comes this small town girl from the mid-west goes to San Diego where she and friends meet up with Antonio Sabato, Jr. and his friends. A little drinking, a little encouragement and she has her spring fling. But that's hardly the end of it. Odette winds up on a porn tape making the rounds of the internet and the old scarlet letter gets pinned on her. The rest of the film is spent on her search for justice and vindication. If you're that interested to see if she gets it you could watch the film. Frankly, I wouldn't bother again, not even for Antonio Sabato, Jr. who's still quite the sex symbol. The ending is mind bogglingly stupid to say the least. It's an awful story with wooden performances by players who really couldn't create any believability. Given the script that would have been hard for Larry Olivier.

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• Can help you brush-up on your vocabulary

  caa8212007-12-28

  I would give this turkey 2*, because it does have the capability of enabling a viewer to recall some of those words we seldom use on a day-to-day basis, but which have a place in our vocabulary: VACUOUS - Stupid; senseless. INSIPID - Tasteless; dull. MORONIC - Foolish; stupid. VAPID - (also...) Tateless; dull. We could add several others, but these pretty-well sum-up all which is necessary to describe this flick. I caught this on a Friday mid-day, with a friend who wanted to continue viewing it more than I - but I was frankly fascinated also by its awfulness.. I'd rather have Forrest Gump or Goober from Mayberry teaching a child of mine than the airhead lead actress here. Even when she supposedly was being serious in her effort and being lauded by her superiors, there wan't anything in her persona to evoke the least bit of empathy or interest - zilch! I'm sure the writers/producer/director intended her fiancé to be portrayed a "hunk" -- try "nerd" instead, and see definitions above. The guys who perpetrated the supposedly scandalous tape, and who I'm sure the director intended to be nefarious and clever, were as idiotic as the rest of the cast, about as believable, The group of guys and gals in "Porky's" portrayed characters who seemed "deep" compared with those here -- and their performances were closer those one might expect, say, from Brando, Olivier and Bette Davis by comparison. As far as the ending and all of the scenes following "spring break," who-in-the-hell could possibly give a tinker's damn?? The most interesting thing I have from this film, and the only thing which provides anything worth subsequent discussion is this (and I feel provides a somewhat interesting dilemma). Which was worse? The lead actress' performance on the video tape where she was faking an orgasm for the others on vacation, or her actual performance in this opus?

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