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The Perfect Mother (1997) (TV)
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Karen Clark (written by)
Release Date:
18 February 1997 (USA)
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Above-average TV-movie
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tyne Daly | ... | Elanie Podaras |
 | Ione Skye | ... | Kathryn M. Podaras |
 | Justin Louis | ... | John Podaras |
| Tuesday Knight | ... | Charlene Podaras |
| David Cubitt | ... | Dan Podaras |
 | Gwynyth Walsh | ... | Joy Pigeon |
 | Dee Wallace | ... | Gina Mitrou (as Dee Wallace-Stone) |
| Carlos Joe Costa | ... | Detective Hernandez |
| Jon Cuthbert | ... | Frank Podaras |
| Jennifer Clement | ... | Sarah |
 | Karen Elizabeth Austin | ... | Irene |
 | Betty Linde | ... | Theodora |
| Nathaniel DeVeaux | ... | Sergeant Stern |
| John Oliver | ... | Jesse J. |
| Kate Robbins | ... | Marion |
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92 min
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It seems like "above average" is about the highest praise most of us will ladle out to a TV-movie, doesn't it? 'The Perfect Mother' can be described that way, though. It's sufficiently entertaining but not profoundly moving, about what one would expect from a good TV-movie.
Tyne Daly is the title character here, and that's a good start, as she's well-known as a fine actress. When Ione Skye finds a guy she falls in love with and marries, of course she gets his family in the bargain, but she never counted on anything like mom-in-law. It appears that she is the ultimate control freak when it comes to her son, and this causes friction between her and the daughter-in-law. This war between the two escalates until the couple must break up, but by now the couple has had a child and grandma is not going to give up "her" family's grandchild so easily.
The film, which has a startling conclusion, is based on a real-life case, showing us once again that fiction sometimes can't compete with reality. Justin Louis stars as Daly's son and Skye's husband, who is torn between his two families; and Tuesday Knight (yes, that's what it says) plays Skye's sister-in-law who's gotten the same treatment from 'The Perfect Mother.'