Aaliyah Movie "Breaks" the Internet!

When Lifetime’s "Aaliyah: Princess of R&B" debuted Saturday, the film dominated chatter on social media the rest of the weekend. But not for reasons the producers would have hoped.

Fans of the late singer blasted the film on Twitter, ripping everything from the acting to the lack of music to the film’s portrayal of the singer’s illegal relationship with mentor R. Kelly.

The vitriol was so widespread that multiple topics and memes related to the two-hour film trended throughout the night and over the weekend. Among the popular trends were references to the singer’s longtime producing partners Missy Elliott and Timbaland, her better known songs that weren’t included in the film (producers were limited in their music licensing rights), and memes such as "#Lifetime Disrespects Aaliyah" and “#LifetimeBeLike,” which saw people mocking the network’s casting choices and imaging which celebrities would play others in future films (the Rock as Queen Latifah was a much re-posted meme).

Lifetime’s biopic tracing the rise of the beloved R&B singer, who died at the peak of her fame in a plane crash at age 22, has been mired in controversy since the beginning.