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Writer (WGA):
Karen Clark (written by)
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Release Date:
18 February 1997 (USA) more
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Above-average TV-movie more (7 total)

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Kathryn (USA) (working title)
The Mother-In-Law (Australia) (video title)
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color (Gastown)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Above-average TV-movie, 14 August 1999
8/10
Author: Hermit C-2 from Marietta, GA, USA

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.'

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