An Unfinished Affair (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Rod Hardy

Writers (WGA):

Rama Laurie Stagner (written by) &
Dan Witt (written by)

Release Date:

29 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

If she can't have the man she loves, she's going to have the next best thing...his son.

Plot:

Art professor Alex (Matheson) had an affair with student Sheila (Garth) because he thought he lost his wife (Young) to cancer...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Cast

Jennie Garth	...	Sheila Hart
Tim Matheson	...	Alex Connor
Leigh Taylor-Young	...	Cynthia Connor
Peter Facinelli	...	Rick Connor
Michael Fairman	...	Clayton Edmunds
Georgann Johnson	...	Mimi
Michael Massee	...	Dwight Bennett
John Furey	...	Detective Wright
Jocko Marcellino	...	Marcellino
Danny Del Mar	...	Tito
Bradley Reed	...	David
Samantha Dunn	...	Karen
Patricia Landau	...	Woman Speaker
Betsy Beard	...	Nurse
Ken Love	...	Tunick

Also Known As:

Silkscreen (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Blue Puddle Productions

Quotes:

Sheila Hart: I wasted a year of my life waiting for that woman to die.

Easy to figure out this soap

Bad script and writing makes this a sometimes interminable movie to watch. How long will it take the victims to figure out the scheme of the vicious girl friend? And how dense can people be? This sweet young thing in the likes of Jennie Garth is so obvious it would take an idiot or rather horny devil to figure her out. She's that obvious. Garth's performance is a one level pursed lips performance. No chemistry. I'd drop her too. Tim Matheson, usually a good actor, is stuck in a vacant role of a husband who stands around looking mystified. Even to the point of his wife and son losing it all. Peter Facinelli is not too bad as another victim of our shady little ingénue. Bears a strong resemblance to Dan Futterman. Nice to see Georgann Johnson back on the tube. Since days of Mr. Peepers. She and Michael Fairman play grandparents, if you can imagine that. Also nice to see Leigh Taylor Young back on the screen. Looking very lovely and playing the wife with a nice quality you can't blame anyone for wanting her instead of the little witch. Rod Hardy (no relation to Andy) directed as best he could with a lousy script. Three stars for Young, Johnson and Facinelli. Sorry Tim. Saw this again and stick by my original critique. Garth is dreadful, even more so second time around. Tim still the loser and the wonderful likes of Johnson, Taylor-Young and Facinelli hold their own. Waste of time.