Patricia (Meredith Baxter) meets Michael (Scott Hylands). They date, fall in love, have sex, get married. So far so bad right? However it seems Michael is Patricia's half-brother! Patricia's mother (the criminally underused Lana Turner) had an affair with Michael's father...and Patricia was the result. However they're married and she's pregnant. What to do?
To be honest I thought this was a made for TV movie when it came on. It has bad washed-out photography, syrupy music, no sex, no nudity, no swearing--NOTHING! I was surprised that it was a theatrical movie with an R rating no less (I guess incest was too touchy back then for a PG). It looks cheap and they have a bunch of once popular Hollywood actors (Turner, Celeste Holm, Robert Alda and Robert Lansing) in VERY small roles. They barely figure in this--it's all about Patricia and Michael. Hylands and Baxter are good actors and do as well as they can in their roles--but they can't carry the whole film. Also the ending is pretty terrible SPOILER!!! Nothing is resolved! Michael leaves so she can figure it out herself! End of movie. That's just not playing fair with the audience. Still, I didn't hate it and kept watching. I give it a 6.
To be honest I thought this was a made for TV movie when it came on. It has bad washed-out photography, syrupy music, no sex, no nudity, no swearing--NOTHING! I was surprised that it was a theatrical movie with an R rating no less (I guess incest was too touchy back then for a PG). It looks cheap and they have a bunch of once popular Hollywood actors (Turner, Celeste Holm, Robert Alda and Robert Lansing) in VERY small roles. They barely figure in this--it's all about Patricia and Michael. Hylands and Baxter are good actors and do as well as they can in their roles--but they can't carry the whole film. Also the ending is pretty terrible SPOILER!!! Nothing is resolved! Michael leaves so she can figure it out herself! End of movie. That's just not playing fair with the audience. Still, I didn't hate it and kept watching. I give it a 6.