Wicked Mom's Club (2017 TV Movie)
8/10
The Super Duo
28 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Mandy Wallace and her daughter Riley want a fresh start in life. Mandy has recently divorced her philandering husband, and she takes Riley, a gymnast and former drug user, to a new town. Mandy starts to bond with the other moms who have kids in the school's gymnastic program, and she becomes involved in the school's PTA. But the PTA moms turn out to be a hornets' nets of cutthroats and back-stabbers, led by a nefarious creature named Olivia.

The Lady Olivia has acquired such power that she has been able to control the lives of other women in the community. Even in the home that she purchases, Mandy learns that the former owner, Ginny Renlow, had offed herself in her garage, a tragic victim of the formidable Olivia.

Upon arriving in town and enrolling Riley at Sayre High School, Mandy discovers a copy of Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" left by the former owner of her home, the late Ginny Renlow. There is a loose photo in the book of members of the local PTA with two x's on Olivia's face. It turns out that Olivia is the grand matriarch and control freak, who bullied Ginny Renfrow all the way into the grave, and she will now try to do the same to Mandy.

Mandy and Riley have a motto that defines their special relationship as "the super duo." The major theme of the film is the mother-daughter bonding of Mandy and Riley that is threatened and tested by the malicious Oilvia.

With help from the local architect, Ellis, Mandy is able discover evidence that points to Olivia's malicious intent in poisoning Mandy's popular blog; getting Mandy fired from her job; getting Mandy arrested for narcotic possession; changing Riley's lab results to get her disqualified from gymnastics and expelled from school; and embezzling over $100,000 from the country club. In a showdown that is the grand finale of the film, the tables are turned on Olivia, who is exposed as a fraud and a criminal.

Inspired by true events, "Wicked Mom's Club" takes a strong stand against bullying and supports the empowerment of the victims. All caring parents should be on the lookout in the local PTAs for the Olivias of the world!
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