The Boy She Met Online Movie Download

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Love Birds or Jail Birds?
Young Cami is a perky but restless high school senior who tells her mother that she feels like she is living in a prison, due to the mom’s strict rules. Cami’s remedy is to meet a man online named Jake, who also feels like he is in prison. In fact, Jake lies to Cam when he tells her that he is studying electrical engineering at Penn State. In fact, he is serving time for armed robbery in the state pen.

At first glance, the relationship between Cami and Jake would appear to strain credibility. When Jake is paroled, he finally tells Cami a partially true story about his sordid past. The gullible Cami is startled, but instantly forgives him for deceiving her. But somehow, the nattily attired Cami and the slovenly Jake seem to have some chemistry.

While they are not Romeo and Juliet, they seem to bond over a profound sadness about their pasts, as both lost their fathers at an early age. It is a credit to the two actors that they make the relationship believable enough to string the audience along for ninety minutes.

Much of the action is predictable with Jake getting involved in drug dealing in which his old prison buddy Dewayne is killed. Jake’s impulsive actions keep getting him deeper into parole violations and new crimes. Yet Cami is unstinting in standing by her man. She somehow believes in the “New Jake” who will be transformed through her love.

For her part, Cami’s snoopy mom Tori is duly vigilant as she discovers that her daughter is in jeopardy. The mom has some good advice early in the film when she tells Cami about the difference between “mistakes you can learn from and mistakes that can change your whole life.” The film is about one of those big mistakes, which is such poor judgment on Cami’s part that it may only be redeemed by the unconditional love of a mother.Read More