'Til There Was You (1997) 4.4
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. Director:Scott WinantWriter:Winnie Holzman |
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'Til There Was You (1997) 4.4
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. Director:Scott WinantWriter:Winnie Holzman |
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Saul, Age 25
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| Janel Moloney | ... |
Beebee, Age 25
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| Yvonne Zima | ... |
Gwen, Age 7
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| Christine Ebersole | ... |
Beebee Moss
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Kellen Fink | ... |
Nick, Age 7
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| Karen Allen | ... |
Betty Dawkan
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| Kale Browne | ... |
Vince Dawkan
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Alexandra Theriault | ... |
Taffy, Age 7
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Kimberly Paige | ... |
Taffy, Age 12
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| Jim Jansen | ... |
TV Dad
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Sean Bolvin | ... |
One Big Happy Family Member
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Kenneth Flores | ... |
One Big Happy Family Member
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Joette Hayward | ... |
One Big Happy Family Member
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Mary Martin | ... |
One Big Happy Family Member
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Gwen grows up with her romantic mother constantly telling her the story of her courtship and marriage to her father. Nick grows up with an alcoholic father who can't hold a job and whose family, as a result, is forced to move all the time. The two are shaped by this - Gwen a romantic and Nick withdrawn, unsure of himself - as they watch the hugely popular sixties sitcom, "One Big Happy Family." Years later, it is the star of that show, now a child actor gone bad with a history of detox and people always saying, "I thought she was dead," Francesca Lanfield, who connects the two of them, after years of near-misses and almost encounters. Gwen is hired to ghost-write Francesca's autobiography, while Nick, becoming her lover, is the architect who is to design a building on Francesca's property. When Gwen decides to crusade to save Francesca's building, she writes letters to the newspaper which catches Nick's attention - and wins his heart. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
I thought this was a tightly-written, well-directed, superbly-acted film. It moved me to tears. Rang true & clear. Happy ending & all, it depicted the angst & turmoil of the shallow relationships this culture encourages.... the characters did the work & found their true mates as a result. Too slow for American hyper/commercial attention spans, for sure. More like a European film in that regard. Brave & moving. Glad I saw it.