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Director:
Mike Robe
Writers (WGA):
Alan Sharp (teleplay)
Sue Miller (novel)
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Release Date:
10 October 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A veterinarian, unhappy in her life and in her marriage to a minister, treats a dog whose condition is so bad it may have to be euthanized... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Kirstie Alley ... Jo Beckett

Bill Smitrovich ... Reverend Daniel Beckett

Janaya Stephens ... Cass Beckett
Peter Horton ... Eli Mayhew

Deborah Odell ... Sylvia Mayhew

Sandra Caldwell ... Betty

Rebecca Benson ... Young Jo Beckett
Jeff Topping ... Young Eli Mayhew

Kim Poirier ... Dana Jablonski

Ryan Kennedy ... Duncan

Adam Smoluk ... Larry

Tyler Hynes ... Malky McDowell

River Ferreira ... Jesus Martinez
Kevin Williams ... Byron Hall

Shauna MacDonald ... Detective Geary
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Runtime:
USA:120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:PG | UK:15
Filming Locations:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Company:
Government of Manitoba, The more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Young Jo Beckett: You slept with them all?
Dana Jablonski: Yep. It was nothing heavy, I mean we're all still friends. Do you think that makes me a slut?
Young Jo Beckett: No! I mean if it's all cool then that's great!
Dana Jablonski: Yeah, you know I kinda just look at it like dancing. You have different partners for difference dances. Some like to waltz and some like to do the tango and some like to foxtrot.
[she laughs]
Young Jo Beckett: Let me guess, Duncan tango's?
Dana Jablonski: Yeah and the dance of narcissism.
Young Jo Beckett: And Larry, he does rock'n'roll?
Dana Jablonski: Yeah, that's just like 'cut to the chase, let's get it on!'
[they laugh]
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I didn't like it that much, but probably well done, 24 October 2004
Author: vchimpanzee from North Carolina

Jo is a veterinarian in the Boston area and the wife of Daniel, a minister. One of Jo's patients is a dog in such bad shape he may need to be put down. The dog's owner turns out to be Eli, one of the group Jo used to share a house with during her hippie days. Through flashbacks, we see the young people from their time in the house.

Jo is unhappy in her marriage and tempted to cheat. Not only that, but Eli has a deep dark secret. Jo is not particularly religious despite who her husband is, but she does have moral dilemmas to face.

This was probably a well-done movie, but I didn't like it that much. There was a violent incident which was probably necessary to the plot, but we didn't actually need to see the blood. One good thing about this movie: it didn't hide religious faith, though most of Jo's friends didn't practice 'mainstream' religion, if they were religious at all. The best thing was probably the moral struggle Jo had to go through.

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