The Wrong Daughter
Love Me or Else
2018 | 89m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Ben Meyerson |
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| Writer: | Carlee Malemute, Jesenia Ruiz |
| Staring: |
| Kate and Joe have longed to be parents and are considering in vitro options... when Danica, a child Kate gave up 17 years ago, appears on Facebook. Danica comes to live with them, but she's not their real child. She's an impostor who will do anything, even kill, to get the mother's love she never had. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 15, 2018 |
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| Director: | Ben Meyerson |
| Writer: | Carlee Malemute, Jesenia Ruiz |
| Genres: | Crime, Drama, TV Movie, Thriller |
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| Production Companies | Lifetime, Reel One Entertainment, The Cartel |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 06, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Cindy Busby | Kate |
| April Bowlby | Ms. Hanson |
| Sydney Sweeney | Samantha |
| Jon Prescott | Joseph |
| Kelsey Griswold | Melissa |
| Jesse Pepe | Ivan |
| Sierra Pond | Danica |
| Owen Saxon | Detective Stevenson |
| Tom Berklund | Officer Richards |
| Gina Hiraizumi | Inspector Larsen |
| Lisa Canning | Nurse Hopewell |
| Perry Laylon Ojeda | Dr. Cruz |
| Max Wilbur | Abe |
| Jeanette O'Connor | Frances |
| Delpaneaux Wills | Detective Willis |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ben Meyerson | Director |
| Benjamin Easterday | Stunt Coordinator |
| Vincent Albo | Production Design |
| Carlee Malemute | Writer |
| Eric Estenzo | Art Direction |
| Spenser Reich | Editor |
| Hal Long | Director of Photography |
| Jacqueline Holden | Makeup Artist |
| Bo Roses | Costume Design |
| Melanie Lavender | Script Supervisor |
| Jesenia Ruiz | Writer |
| Macarena Criscuolo | Original Music Composer |
| Jose Gallo | Sound Mixer |
| Paul Ruddy | Casting |
| Sean Evans | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sarah Dorsey | Makeup Department Head |
| Harry Katz | First Assistant Director |
| Patrick Scahill | Second Assistant Director |
| Andrea Buttafuoco | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| James Parnell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Christian McIntire | VFX Artist |
| Scott Wheeler | Visual Effects Producer |
| Ric Rodney | Gaffer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| David DeCrane | Executive Producer |
| Breanne Laplante | Executive Producer |
| Tom Berry | Executive Producer |
| Sebastian Battro | Executive Producer |
| Stan Spry | Producer |
| Carla Woods | Executive Producer |
| Eric Scott Woods | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 902 | 902 |
**_The teen girl from hell_** An unruly 18 years-old orphaned girl (Sydney Sweeney) leaves a group home and worms her way into a young couple’s life by pretending to be the long lost daughter given up for adoption by the mother (Cindy Busby). “The Wrong Daughter” (2018) is a television produc ... tion that understandably lacks the artistry of Drew Barrymore’s “Poison Ivy,” yet it works well enough for a family-oriented drama with some crime thrills, prosaic though it may be. Since it came out, Sweeney’s star has risen and most people will consider her the main attraction. She was almost 20 during shooting (or just turned 20), but she’s a little too thin here. As far as I’m concerned, Cindy Busby is the real highlight on the feminine front; she was 34 during shooting. (Be sure to check her out in “Behemoth” from seven years earlier, if you haven’t already). The flick is successful in making you root against the manipulations of the troubled young lass with the middle portion causing tedium and frustration. Yet the last act delivers the goods IMHO. She’s a psycho, but some sympathy is cultivated for her, even if it’s just a little. She executes evil deeds, indeed, yet the writers wisely keep it within plausibility. Less is more. It runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles. GRADE: B-