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Director:
Ron Underwood
Writers (WGA):
Anne Tyler (novel)
Susanna Styron (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
21 November 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person.
Plot:
"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person." Based on Anne Tyler's novel... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 nominations more
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Movie Bad Guy Palance Dead at 87
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Oscar-Winning Actor Jack Palance Dies at 87
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Pleasant tale of quirky family more (4 total)

Cast

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Blythe Danner ... Rebecca Holmes Davitch

Faye Dunaway ... Tina

Peter Fonda ... Dr. Will Allenby

Jack Palance ... Paul 'Poppy' Davitch

Peter Riegert ... Zeb

Ione Skye ... Minerva "Min" Foo
Betsy Brandt ... Nono
Stacy Edwards ... Biddy

Blake Lindsley ... Patch
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... J.J. Barrow

Nina Foch ... Mrs. Holmes

Anjul Nigam ... Hakim

Cameron Watson ... Barry

Mark Fite ... Jeep
Oded Gross ... Troy
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Runtime:
USA:120 min (including commercials) | Brazil:94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Blythe Danner portrays Rebecca, and her niece, Hillary Danner, portrays Young Rebecca. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) (TV) more

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Pleasant tale of quirky family, 23 November 2004
Author: vchimpanzee from North Carolina

Rebecca got married to Joe when he already had three children, who didn't accept her (and still don't). Then they had a daughter together, but Joe died after only a few years and Rebecca had the entire responsibility for four girls. Not to mention Joe's Uncle Poppy. As the movie begins, she is a veteran at running the family business, planning parties. Other family members have related jobs--one daughter is a florist, and another is a caterer. All the girls have silly nicknames but not all are explained, or at least I didn't catch the explanation. Minerva, for example, looked Chinese, like a 'Min Foo', to her father when she was born. And one of the rebellious daughters, at a young age, yelled, 'No! No!' This must have been Nono.

While talking to her mother, Rebecca is reminded of Will, a former boyfriend, and she later contacts him after she discovers he is head of the physics department at the college he graduated from.

I didn't really care for any of the daughters or stepdaughters, but I felt Danner carried the movie as the charming and patient Rebecca, and Palance did a great job as well as the goofy 99-year-old uncle who was fussy and had trouble remembering. Faye Dunaway was good as the girls' self-centered appearance-conscious mother Tina, who came back for Nono's wedding but usually stayed out of their lives. The flashbacks to Rebecca's earlier life were helpful.

Peter Fonda is turning into his father. I say that never having seen Henry in anything where he wasn't old. His character was not that appealing to me, but maybe that's what he was going for. He just seemed tired of life and frustrated, though he tried to be polite to Rebecca.

The meeting between Rebecca and Will's daughter Beatrice was ... interesting.

Regardless of how I felt about most of the characters, I found this to be a charming story.

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