Darkness Before Dawn (1993) (TV)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

John Patterson

Writer (WGA):

Karen Hall (written by)

Release Date:

15 February 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A family struggles with a daughter's addiction. |

Plot Keywords:

Heroin

Cast

Meredith Baxter	...	Mary Ann Guard
Stephen Lang	...	Guy Grand
Gwynyth Walsh	...	Sandra Guard
L. Scott Caldwell
Chelsea Hertford	...	Jennifer
Bill Applebaum
Michael Bryan French	...	Jack
Lee Tergesen
Natalie West	...	Mrs. Guard
Robert Desiderio	...	Al Van Petten
Richard Grove	...	Father
Alana Austin	...	Mary Ann Guard (age 9)
Kirsten Dunst	...	Sandra Guard (age 8)
Tim Farrell	...	John L.
Matthew Linville	...	Daryl

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials) | UK:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Diana Kerew Productions

Surprisingly Multi-Dimensional and non-cliched

Darkness before Dawn is a TV movie starring Meredith Baxter and Steve Lang as married junkies trying to get clean. With that said this film isn't as predictable as you'd think. Baxter's emotional turmoil is high intensity and the story is realistic (considering it was based on a true story). It could be called Days of Horse and Roses and worth seeing more than the cliched Traffic subplot with the junkie daughter. Most harsh is when they have a baby born addicted to heroin. Superior to the pretentiously hip Permanent Midnight, but if you want hip and avant-guarde check out Morrissey's Trash.