Years ago, Kathy Waters (Emily Alatalo) escaped from her abusive husband, taking her young son Noah with her.  Now, Noah (Sam Ashe Arnold) is a senior in high school and a talented composer.  The school band even plays one of his compositions at a football game and everyone in the stands applaud.  It reminded of those old episodes of Degrassi where Marco would write some overwrought performance piece and all the students would respond by going, “Yeah, Marco!”

Unfortunately, Kathy and Noah are not getting along as well as they used to.  They’re fighting and arguing constantly.  Kathy is overprotective.  Noah is …. well, Noah’s kind of a creep.  Noah is always complaining about how his former best friend Ethan is now more popular than he is.  (Ethan plays football.  Noah …. composes orchestrual music.  You do the math.)  Ethan is  mad because Noah is now going out with Ethan’s ex-girlfriend, Maddie (Tori Barban).  At one point, Tori has to duck into a bathroom so she can throw up.  This is a Lifetime film and that means you don’t throw up unless you’re pregnant and trying to keep it a secret.

Kathy is a real estate agent.  That’s not a surprise as selling houses is right up there with owning a bakery or being a mommy vlogger as far as careers in Lifetime movies are concerned.  One morning, she gets a notification that someone has entered one of the empty houses that she’s selling.  Going to the house, she discovers the remains of a wild party.  She also finds Ethan dead in a nearby shed.

Noah becomes the number one suspect.  Soon, someone is spray-painting “MURDERER” across the front door of Kathy’s house.  Kathy’s friends are refusing to talk to her.  Detective Summers (Puja Uppal) is asking questions.  Noah claims that he’s innocent but even Kathy begins to have her doubts after she discovers just how angry Noah can get.  Noah’s father was abusivie.  Did Noah inherit the violence gene?

As I mentioned earlier, Noah is kind of a creep and it is easy to imagine circumstances in which he could be guilty.  The fact that Lifetime has lately featured several films featuring violent teenage boys also might lead one to suspect that Noah’s the killer.  Well, fear not.  This is a traditional Lifetime film and that means that Noah is not the murderer.  Instead, he’s just an obnoxious teenager who needs to treat his mom with more respect.  I will not spoil the movie by revealing the identity of the killer.  That said, you should be able to guess who it is because there’s not that many people in the movie.

“Everyone Has Something To Hide!” the title announces and, as far as this film is concerned, I guess that’s true.  Considering that Noah’s a musician, they could have made just a few adjustments to the script and called this movie While My Guitar Gently Weeps.  As for the film itself, it suffers from a lack of likable characters.  (When I say that Noah’s a creep, I mean he is really a creep!)  But the film does deserve credit for fully embracing the melodrama.  The film has it’s flaws but it still held my attention for 88 minutes.