The Good Father – The Martin MacNeill Story on Lifetime Channel brings yet another drama based on a true story that will make you wonder how someone can escape scrutiny for so long. Often the biggest frauds are conducted from a position of authority. People tend to assign respect to professions that people themselves and this often lands many in trouble.
What is the the Lifetime MacNeill Movie About?
The Good Father movie follows Dr. MacNeill whose truths not only shocked the world but also shattered his daughter Alexis’ faith in the profession.
Dr. MacNeill was a pillar of his community. Married to a former beauty queen, the couple was loved and respected by all. Living with their eight children the family had everything going for them.
His daughter Alexis adored him and wanted to become a doctor and help people, just like him. Things began to change when MacNeill forced is wife to have a plastic surgery. This development soon followed by her drowning while on post surgery medication.
A few weeks after that, MacNeill brought home Gypsy Willis as the kids’ nanny. These developments made Alexis doubt her father’s intentions.
She began to question everything she believed of her father and uncovered a web of lies from false medical credentials, to a fake military record and his intentions to murder his wife.
What is the Cast of Lifetime Movie The Good Father?
Anwen O’Driscoll plays Alexis with Tom Everett Scott as Martin MacNeill and Charisma Carpenter as his wife Michelle. John Fasano adapts the true events for the movie story.
The Good Father – The Martin MacNeill Story (2021)
Directed By: Annie Bradley
Cast: Anwen O’Driscoll, Tom Everett Scott, Charisma Carpenter
Network: Lifetime Channel
Release Date: October 2021, 8 PM ET/PT
Genre: Thriller, True Crime
Is MacNeill Movie as True Story?
Yes. The events happened in Utah and MacNeill was sentenced to 17 years in prison in April 2017.
What is the Release Date of the Lifetime Movie?
The Good Father premieres on October 2 2021, at 8 PM ET/PT.
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