Tv movies can make the best sometimes. The film is all about a very dangerous girl, who lacks any compassion and has stolen the identity of an innocent student that she murdered, all so that she could get an easy flight. The acting was excellent and totally realistic. Brienne, whoever she is, the evil girl of the film itself, played by Tracey Gold comes across as so horrible. She's got that twisted smirk and shaggy hair, making her look completely sinister. I'm dumbfounded that the father of Brienne's roommate was easily taken by Brienne, and allowed her to chop off his hair, symbolic of Samson losing his strength. After she cut his hair, the father lost his senses and was easily duped by her. There were a few extremely tense moments that almost gave me an asthma attack, one scene with the finger in the door. I think this Brienne character should be ranked alongside other evil women such as Samara Morgan.

Probably need to add "spoiler" caveat to conform to this site's parameters; however, there really isn't much to "spoil" for this flick, since the only suspense is wondering how precisely it will end.Tracey Gold's character (Darcy/Barbara) is sociopathic to the point that, compared with her, Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates would need only routine psychological counseling.Further, given all the deceptions and mayhem she originates, a person with the organizational skills of, say, Donald Trump or Warren Buffet, would be taxed just completing all these nefarious tasks.However, Tracey not only juggles all of the necessary deceptions, she is able to assume the identity of one of her victims in matriculating (under her identity) at a swanky New England college, plus offing or beating the hell out of some additional fellow cast-members, when required. Not only that, she totes the victim's body, via suitcase, while flying to the college, and then carries it into her room, where it remains - miraculously with no odor or seepage - until she has the opportunity to dispose of it.To imagine simply assuming this bogus identify alone, let alone completing all the ancillary deceptions and crimes along the way, stretches credibility beyond all belief. But no problem for Tracey, who also seduces her roommates widowed father in her spare time.Ms. Gold is quite attractive, which is to be expected in such a role. However, her acting talents seem about on a par in her profession, say, with those of a .240-average utility player on a baseball team.Despite all this, the movie is a fascinatingly trashy, campy example of this genre. An added fascination is her roommate's clueless father. But then the male leads in these Lifetime flicks are usually successful professionally, often wealthy (as here), but otherwise total doophuses.Give this one 7* for its thoroughly campy quality.

Tracey Gold,(Darcy Palmer),"A Crime of Passion,TV",'99, showed her great acting abilities and was able to have the audience actually hate her for this role in which she plays a very BAD BAD GIRL! The real star of the film is Shawnee Smith,(Jeanelle Polk),"Never Get Outta the Boat",'02, who plays a very rich boring and depressing rich girl who has everything and a dad who lives in a home like the White House! Perry King,(Russell Polk),"Her Married Lover",'99, plays the role as a depressed man who lost his wife and at the same time loves his daughter Jeanelle who becomes friends with Darcy. Don Harvey(Quinn Harris),"She Hate Me",'04, plays a mean bad guy who has great interest in Darcy Palmer. All the actors gave great performances and made this TV film very entertaining.

I don't think Tracy Gold is really that great an actress. Her performance in this movie didn't change my opinion. She overacts and her portrayal of a deeply disturbed sociopath is just downright campy at times. Luckily, the storyline and supporting cast are excellent and we're all just waiting for "Brianne/Darcy/whatever her name is" to get her just desserts -- does she? You'll just have to watch and find out! Tracy looks very skinny in this movie, evidence no doubt of her battle with anorexia. They needed a voluptuous blonde vixen for this role. It's a bit hard to swallow Carol Seaver substituting sulfuric acid for eye drops. Shawnee Smith sports a super-short hair-do which I didn't really like. If you're a Shawnee fan, she undoubtedly looks her best on "Becker". Great actress!