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Midwest Obsession

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Courtney Thorne-Smith portrays the dairy princess from hell who'll do anything to gain the love and affections of local farmer Kyle Secor, even if it means eliminating her main rival, his plain Jane fiancee (played by Tracey Gold). Unfortunately his love for his fiance is more than she bargained for and he's a tough man to land.

Based on a true story, Courtney is completely believable as the deadly beauty queen who is at one time earnest and eager to please and within seconds turns psychotic. It would be too easy to turn this role into something campy, but Courtney displays great restraint. You can occasionally find it playing on Lifetime or LMN, but at this price, it's worth the purchase.

Courtney Thorne-Smith delivers a natural ability to go beyond television in a dramatic capacity where she is able to show a whole new facet of her acting repetoire. The book based on a tragic true story also made me fall in love with Tracy Gold. It's a wonderful terrible murder story, if you know what I mean. And they wouldn't keep making them if we didn't watch them, and ladies, it is a love triangle thing, which makes it extra compelling.

Cheryl is a Dairy Princess who wants this other woman's boyfriend and will do anything to get him,anything murdering the girlfriend.

Tracey Gold plays Beth, a small town girl who desperately wants to get out and see the world. Her boyfriend Kevin (played by TV's "Commander in Chief" Kyle Secor), is a dairy farmer who is just the opposite -- he has no desire to ever leave their small town. Courtney Thorne-Smith plays Cheryl the town's beauty queen, who takes a shine to Kevin. She decides that she and Kevin belong together and she'll do whatever it takes to get Beth out of the picture. Even murder.

Tracey Gold is always a pleasure to watch in these made-for-TV movies (e.g. "Face of Evil," "For the Love of Nancy") and she does a great job portraying Beth as being torn between the man she loves and her desire to see what's beyond her small town. But the true star of this movie is Courtney Thorne-Smith, who tackles her role as the psycho Dairy Queen with gusto. One of my favorite TV movies -- my VHS copy is like gold to me until they finally release this great film on DVD. :)