The Rival (2006)
She'll stop at nothing to keep her baby... even murder.
- Written by: W.T. McCoy, David DeCrane, Christine Conradt
- Director: Douglas Jackson
- Starring: Tracy Nelson, Linden Ashby, Heather Thom
- Release date: October 2006
- Running time: 93 minutes
- Available on DVD: April 17, 2007
SynopsisAfter a terrible accident, Alice (Tracy Nelson) is unable to have a baby of her own, so she and her husband George (Linden Ashby) decide to have a young surrogate named Jennifer (Heather Thom) carry it for them. Alice's one rule... the surrogate must live in the house with them so that she can live the pregnancy vicariously-- something she always wanted but now will never be able to do. But things begin to go downhill as soon as Jennifer moves in and Alice becomes extremely jealous of the younger, more attractive woman living under the same roof as she and her husband. As Alice becomes more and more convinced that Jennifer and George will run off together once the baby's born, she decides she must make sure that doesn't happen... at any cost.
NotesBecause surrogacy is uncommon in European countries and in some places illegal, the producers were worried that foreign audiences wouldn't understand the logistics of how one woman could be carrying the baby that was biologically her own and the other woman's husband's. So to make sure they understood, we added a scene where Jennifer (the surrogate) explains to her young daughter Sara what surrogacy is-- a scene that may or may not be eliminated for domestic audiences.
