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Lookalike [VHS]

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"The Lookalike" is one of those neat little mysteries that keep you guessing until the very end - and that's a difficult achievement in this day of so many movies with almost every plot imaginable having been seen.

Melissa Gilbert, as always, gives an under-stated performance that makes a viewer be on her character's side and want her to solve the mystery.

Even though this is a mystery, and not horror, it does have some eerie moments, and is well worth the watching.

I love this movie! A woman who's putting her life together thinks she sees her daughter in the mall where she works, but the little girl supposedly died a year ago. Is she crazy? Is her little girl alive? This movie has twists and turns and you'll want to watch it again!

"The Lookalike" is very much an early '90s made for TV movie. The ending couldn't be more obvious...but as the film makes it way towards said ending, it takes viewers on a fairly enjoyable ride.

Gina is a young, unstable mother who recently lost her daughter in a car wreck. She is staying with her parents and attending counseling to try and get over the loss. After she gets a new job at the mall, she begins seeing a little girl who looks JUST LIKE her dead daughter. From there, the mystery takes off. And on top of that, Gina begins to have strange dreams, which may or may not have to do with memories tying into the death of her little girl. Not helping matters is the fact that her boss, a dashing yet mysterious Greek American, puts the idea into her head that she is really seeing a "doppelganger"...and if she gets too close, she'll be obiterated and her "double" will walk away.

The ending is anti-climatic and viewers will probably figure it out halfway through, but the suspense is fairly thick and the acting is pretty good.

This is one of the best movies to come along that I would describe as an emotional thriller.

There is so much emotion in the mothers search for her dead daughter, she knows she not seeing things, but how do you begin to convince others that you are not crazy. The process can make you insane.

When the woman finds out that her "mother" actually killed her real mother the emotion of pity comes into play with very stong emotions of hate.

Plus you have the wonderful character of the boss in the department store who doesn't help matters by creating a manaquin of Gina.

It's just a wonderful movie

I Have Been Looking Everywhere For This Movie! I See It On Lifetime Movie Network All The Time,But Where's The DVD At? Its Been 20 Years!

Its A Great Movie,I Saw It For The First Time When I Was Younger And For Some Reason It Stuck....And I Have Been Trying To Catch It On Tv Or Find In Out On DVD And Hunting Old VHS Store's.