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Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini

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Young mother Sherri Papini disappears while jogging and reappears three weeks later on Thanksgiving Day. She claims that two Hispanic women kidnapped and abused her. Four years later, new evidence reveals that her abduction was a hoax she perpetrated to spend time with an ex-boyfriend.
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Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media Apr 28
3/5
Given the low budget, Lifetime does a decent job representing the weirdness of Papini. Go to Full Review
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RAWR T. @RT72128931 2d Re tarded ass movie, horrible acting, super slow and confusing. DONT waste your time on watching this horrid movie. The only good actor is the judge at the end. See more Dri T @RT15541180 3d Jaime King is already a terrible actress as it is, but getting an ex-heroin 50 year old tough play a 34 year old woman is wild. Like Jaime looks bad for her age already, idk why they tried to make her 16 years younger but failed to think that she doesn't look nowhere near her 30s. See more Maya F @Movie.and.show.watcher 5d Jamie King is one heck of a horrible actress! The acting alone was hard to watch and the story was bad. Her monotone lifeless boring acting ruined the whole movie. I do not ever want to see her in another movie again! Yikes she was miserable to watch. I don't like her at all. Monotone bad actors like this need to be OUT of Hollywood. They ruined the movie because they cast her. I said what I said See more Michael W @RT66024392 May 18 I thought the movie was as low budget as they come. I saw it on Netflix, but immediately thought, "this is a Lifetime movie." The acting is below subpar and it was really hard to believe they were in California when everyone had super heavy Canadian accents. It has been quite awhile since I felt like I wasted my time watching a movie. See more Melissa F @Mfortmann May 17 TERRIBLE! Bad wig, bad acting. And tried to make her a sympathetic character that was just reacting to mistreatment from everyone around her. Ridiculous. See more Sherri G @VioletsMom126 May 16 Bad acting, slow plot, strayed from the truth. Yawn. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Young mother Sherri Papini disappears while jogging and reappears three weeks later on Thanksgiving Day. She claims that two Hispanic women kidnapped and abused her. Four years later, new evidence reveals that her abduction was a hoax she perpetrated to spend time with an ex-boyfriend.
Director
Marta Borowski
Screenwriter
Katie Boland
Production Co
Lifetime, Novus Ordo Seclorum
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Jan 28, 2023
Runtime
1h 30m