alysamulonee this could of been a good movie, but the acting was not the most convincing, and the fact they added sound affects after it was recorded was ridiculous. didn't even fit the movements on some parts. fallen's mom was a high maintanance mom/wife that obviously didn't want to be bothered by anyone. when she walked in late at night to find her daughter sitting in a dark kitchen, you would think she would of questioned what was wrong but nope, was more worried about getting sleep with her snoring husband away on a business trip. they also messed up when fallen was fighting dory, she had the hair clip in her hair, but then it was gone, then back, but it was later found in bianca's car. the whole plot is predictable, and most of the movie is ridiculous. acting is somewhat OK, and the ending is horrible.

atomicdoug Accused at 17 is a story of three high school girls and how their lives intertwine when one of them decides to take revenge on a fourth girl (Dory, played by Lindsay Taylor). The underlying idea and theme are sound, unfortunately the movie is undermined by a weak plot, some marginal acting and lack of extensive character development. This could be a powerful film in Hollywood mode, and it certainly evokes a lot of emotions about family relationships, loyalties and friendships. But in many ways the plot gets too far-fetched with Bianca's mom doing the police work rather than the police themselves. When the film ends, Bianca and her mom seem happy, but where is the grief that two young girls have died, and one of the girls is Bianca's best friend Sarah.The plot is straightforward enough. Bianca (well played by Nicole Anderson)is a typical 17 year old, doing well at school, experimenting with partying and has a steady boyfriend. But when she discovers that her boyfriend cheated on her with another girl at a party, her "best friend" Fallyn decides they should get revenge on that girl by driving her out to a remote canyon, humiliating her and leaving her there to walk back alone. This act in itself could be considered felony kidnapping, with Fallyn as the mastermind and Sarah as the accomplice. Bianca, who arrives in her own car confronts Dory, but then leaves. She is unaware that a scuffle then ensues between Dory and Fallyn, and ends with an enraged Fallyn killing Dory by smashing a rock into her head. This is perhaps the most powerful part of the movie, as teenage girls often conflict but its not often they kill each other. While Sarah wants to do the right thing by calling 911 and we at least see her goodness, the evil Fallyn is only concerned with hiding the body and keeping herself out of trouble. Thus the players are cast with Fallyn becoming the villain. When the police start to investigate, Fallyn decides that the only way to keep herself out of legal trouble is to frame Bianca for the crime. Sarah, who is under Fallyn's control, goes along initially. But later she realizes who her real friend is and she defies Fallyn. The movie was spoiled somewhat by the sketchy police investigation and thin alibis cast by the two girls who were there when Dory died. Bianca's mom eventually sets a trap and Fallyn falls into it. The subplot of the movie is the relationship between Bianca, her mom and her mom's boyfriend, playing upon the vulnerability of a teenage girl who has to deal with the breakup of her parents marriage. The movie ends somewhat happily, whereas it should not have, it could have communicated much better the magnitude of what happened if they showed Sarah's funeral and Bianca breaking down at the loss of her friend. The truth is for a teenage girl, friends are everything and to lose your best friend would be completely devastating.

edwagreen Remember "The Sound of Music" You are 16 going on 17. Teenage love in Austria, that is, until the Nazis came along.This is a rather good film despite the fact that you know that the other teen brats will turn the tables on Bianca and blame her for Dorie's murder. That was very obvious.Nonetheless, the picture is quite well down and this is a power performance, not only by Janet Montgomery as a near femme fatale but by Barbara Niven, a misery of a mother who will cover for her daughter Fallyn and allow Bianca to take the rap for something she is innocent of.These teenagers-living a carefree wealthy life in sunny California. Their dates with college boys, their anger, their hostility and their frailties are all revealed here. This picture shows us the danger of teenagers running wild, on the loose with absolutely no moral values whatsoever. The parents aren't very much better and the police are cocky and quick to jump to conclusions without a thorough investigation.Surprising to see William R. Moses (remember him from Perry Mason?) in such a minor supporting role until the very end of the film.This Fallyn can easily vie with "The Bad Seed" girl Patty McCormack for what she cooks up and carries through.A good story with nice pacing and a fine cast helped by a believable script and characters.

mgconlan-1 "Accused at 17" seems like slow going at first — an incomprehensible set of opening shots, a title reading "Five days earlier," and a plot that for the first half-hour seems like yet another yawn-inducing tale of high-school rivalries and a put-upon heroine (Nicole Gale Anderson) who idealizes her dead father and can't stand the new boyfriend (Jason Brooks, better looking than the anonymous tall, lanky, sandy-haired guys Lifetime usually casts in these parts) of her mom Jacqui (Cynthia Gibb, top-billed). We that at some point the daughter, Bianca, is going to be accused of murder but we don't know whom she's going to kill until one day at a party — which Bianca can't attend because her mom's boyfriend is throwing an elaborate dinner party for them at his home — Bianca's boyfriend Chad (Reiley McClendon) is vamped and seduced by school slut Dory (Lindsay Taylor), giving us the sort of soft-core porn scene that makes a lot of otherwise lame Lifetime movies watchable. Bianca and her friends Fallyn (Janet Montgomery) and Sarah (Stella Maeve) work out a bizarre revenge plot that ends with Dory being bashed in with a rock in a remote canyon. As silly as much of "Accused at 17" is — one gets the impression through much of the first hour that it could just as well have been called "Valley Girls Go Bad" — it takes on power and force when (here comes the spoiler) Fallyn, Dory's actual killer, not only allows Bianca to take the rap but actively frames her for it and, in the film's most chilling scene, murders Sarah by depriving her of her anti-asthma medication just as Sarah is about to go to the police and implicate Fallyn. Janet Montgomery turns in an absolutely chilling performance as a teen girl who quickly descends from adolescent angst to criminal mania; if she keeps this up she'll be a good candidate for modern-day femme fatale roles as she grows up (watch for her!).