The movie is about a dad who is hell-bent on getting his 17-year-old daughter’s Hollywood stalker out of their lives for good. Soon, the truth about the star's past slowly comes to light.
Indeed, the camp factor is so high that Lover almost plays like a full-on parody of TV movies' bad old days -- a la Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? (in this case, Father) -- except for the fact that parts of it are so unpleasant.