Reunion (1994) (TV)

Director:

Lee Grant

Writers (WGA):

Linda Gray Sexton (book)
Ronald Bass (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

11 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Twins | Farm | Attempted Child Murder | Snow | Death Of Child

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Marlo Thomas	...	Jessie Yates
Peter Strauss	...	Sam Yates
Frances Sternhagen	...	Tobie Yates
Courtney Chase	...	Meggie Yates
Matthew Kelly	...	Jamie Yates
Leelee Sobieski	...	Anna Yates
Victor Slezak
Susan Kellermann
Stanley Anderson
Norris Domingue	...	Store Clerk
Charly Simonyl	...	Anna, 6 years old

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jessie is going upstairs to the attic towards the end of the movie, she is wearing a long white nightgown. A close-up shows her wearing the blue bathrobe that she wears a lot during the movie. The next shot shows her in the white nightgown again.

Sentimental and creepy, an excellent ghost story

Marlo Thomas may be the most under-appreciated and unrealized talent in the history of Hollywood household names! The story revolves around a woman named Jessie Yates, who, with her husband Sam, has three children, the youngest of whom, Jamie,almost dies at birth and then later perishes in a tragic accident. Directed by actress Lee Grant, "Reunion" shows how one family deals, or attempts to deal, with the death of a child, a child who makes ghostly appearances witnessed at first by Jessie, then later, we are told, by another of the children. The script manages to tiptoe, then jump, into a dramatic and ghostly thriller wherein an angst-filled woman becomes tempted to cross over to the other side of reality--or is it insanity? The movie is a roller coaster ride of scary, tearful, suspenseful and warm moments, especially the surprise ending, which resounds like an earthquake of emotional drama, well-directed, well-scored and excellently played by all. Robin Fletcher, Denton, Texas