Every once in awhile I like to review a movie in my guilty pleasurelibrary. Truth be told, I have lots of them, but a gal cannot reveal allher secrets at once. So for this installment of guilty pleasure, I submitmy review of Friends 'Til The End. When I saw Friends 'Til The End for thefirst time it was aired on VH1. It was part of their line-up under thecategory "Movies That Rock." Recently, it aired on the Lifetime MovieNetwork with the theme 'Back To School Weekend'." For Shannen Dohertyfans, this is a movie that is sure to have you feeling charmed. I like herand I know she gets slack, but the way I look at it is, if you don't wantto watch it, don't! I enjoyed this movie and that's why I wanted to write areview.

The movie, as a whole, was impressive in the guilty pleasure standards. Ilove this kind of stuff in movies where there is a creative and motivatedperson in college who unwittingly becomes entangled in a friendship that atfirst appears innocent and sweet, but then unravels into a manic anddisillusioned frenzy with a dangerous fallout. The person has to fight andcome out stronger than before while learning more about who they are as aperson. The main focus of the movie is the music and, quite frankly, itwas good. The songs, the lyrics, the stage presence was just awesome. Thereis even one scene where the band is shooting a video to their song called"Stop."

As children, Heather Romley (Shannen Doherty) and Suzanne Boxer (JenniferBlanc) competed to be the best singer at competitions. Both appeared tolook the part and their talents got them far. But for Suzanne, thingsdidn't turn out the way she wanted and this disturbed Suzanne. For Heather,her talents were becoming further developed as she continued to work onreaching her goals. Heather will never know, until maybe too late, that thegirl she competed with for so many years ago has come back into her lifeand this time she has a plan, a dangerous and deadly plan.

Years pass and Heather is now enrolled in college. She is sweetheart of hersorority, sings in a band called Dead Pink and is dating Simon (JasonLondon), a guitarist in the band, who she just adores. Enter Suzanne Boxerwho now goes by the name "Zanne Armstrong." Zanne worms her way intobecoming Heather's friend, gets accepted into her sorority and, when shefinds out Dead Pink is performing in The-Battle-of-the-Bands contest, shegets herself accepted into the band. Zanne uses her intelligence to winover Heather's friends, trying to destroy her friendship with Alison(Marisol Nichols) over a secret revealed and weasels her way into Simon'sbed, which results in Heather leaving the band and Zanne as the new femalelead of Dead Pink.

The only glitch that stands in Zanne's psychotic world is Brad Strum (RaferWeigel), someone from Zanne's past who recognizes her alter ego, Suzanne,and who also knows her psychotic past. Now Heather's world is crashing andshe and Zanne are enemies. Zanne has also done something that canjeopardize Heather's scholarship. The only one who believes Heather is Nick( John Livingston) who was a bandmember and never bought the whole "Zannestory." He has a way to help Heather get all the pieces to Zanne's "realstory," but will it come too late? Now Heather and Nick are on their ownand are going to be up against Dead Pink. The battle has begun and only oneband can win.

I enjoyed getting locked into these characters. Shannen Doherty did a finejob and she gave a lot of energy to the movie. In my opinion, theperformance of Jennifer Blanc 's character was the best because herdemented mind carried the movie excellently. Overall, a decent cast withlots of appeal enhanced this TV movie. Friends 'Til The End is artsy,creative, full of flavor and combined with fun, twisted and interestingcharacters, including the upbeat and catchy music that makes this anenjoyable movie. My favorite song in this movie is "Does Anybody Hear Me?"and also the song "Stop" is very good. So just sit back and enjoy thistasty little movie; it sure does lure you in with its seductive premise.