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Lucy Hale in "Sorority Wars"
courtesy of Lifetime
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“Sorority Wars” (Lifetime)
Lifetime presents an original movie this month titled “Sorority Wars.” At first glance this appears to be “another one of those Lifetime movies” but this time there is depth behind the gloss. Plus the enjoyable performances by actresses Lucy Hale and Amanda Schull elevate the film to a higher level of entertainment.
Lutie and Summer are two women still stuck in the glamorous world of their college sorority. Lutie (Courtney Thorne-Smith) and Summer (Faith Ford) are also mothers of college age girls. Summer’s daughter Gwen (Schull) is already in college and a member of Delta Sorority and Lutie has high hopes for her daughter Kate (Hale) becoming a new pledge.
The problem is Kate doesn’t see Delta in quite the same light as her mother. She is too down to earth to be caught up in the phoniness of college snobs. Still she knows that if she doesn’t pledge Delta it will break her mother’s heart.
One of the plusses of the film is that it shows some of the weaknesses of “Sorority life” but it doesn’t pan these institutions entirely. There is snobbishness and shallowness to be sure, but there is also camaraderie and fun to be had.
One of the weaknesses of the film is it paints underage drinking as the norm. At the parties shown in the story alcohol is rampant and no one hesitates in partaking. There is no statement made, it is just a natural occurrence. Since underage drinking is a major problem at our schools and universities, someone should have edited out this part of the party life.
Hale is thoroughly fascinating as Kate. She is full of personality and pep and deserves all the attention she draws on campus. She is also a strong singer and that bodes well for Hale’s career these days.
Schull looked familiar but I just couldn’t place the face, but then I realized she had been the star of the film “Center Stage.” I liked her there and I liked her here. She looks like a young Nicole Kidman and acts and dances with style and grace. Hopefully we will see more and more of her in movies and television projects.
Kate’s quandary of being torn between life at Delta and her own comfort zone doesn’t sound like much of a plot but somehow it manages to hold your interest. Most of the credit goes to Hale and Schull who manage to make “Sorority Wars” an entertaining and interesting look at college life.
“Sorority Wars” premieres on Lifetime, Saturday, October 17 at 9 pm et/pt. It encores October 18 at 7 pm et/pt and October 20 at 9 pm et/pt. |
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