YMMV / Identity Theft of a Cheerleader

• Jerkass Woobie: Vicky is The Sociopath, with a hidden violent streak, but she was so mentally wounded by her arrogant Control Freak mom you feel bad for her.
• Rooting for the Empire: Vicky is such a Jerkass Woobie, motivated more by getting approval and love than by sinister motives, and she's clearly having so much fun and discovering new confidence as she gets out from underneath her stifling mom and dopey boyfriend and lives out her high school fantasy, you sort of want her to somehow succeed, or at least not suffer too much once her plan unravels. Her rather abrupt picking up of the Villain Ball in the second half almost seems like an acknowledgment from the filmmakers that she came off too Unintentionally Sympathetic early on.
• She Really Can Act: Everyone who's seen the movie agrees that Maiara Walsh gives a great performance as Vicky. She's completely convincing in both the adult and high school settings, and helps sell the far-fetched story to make this a cut above the usual hokey Lifetime Movie of the Week.