Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Fred Savage | ... | Mike Mills | |
Kevin Spacey | ... | Wade | |
Ellen Burstyn | ... | Nurse Cooder | |
Richard Jenkins | ... | Vaughan | |
Dwier Brown | ... | John Harlen | |
Lee Garlington | ... | Joanne | |
Virginia Capers | ... | Nurse Blandings | |
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Dana Anderson | ... | Harriet |
Grand L. Bush | ... | Scott | |
Ving Rhames | ... | Leon | |
Zachary Throne | ... | Clay | |
Geoffrey Rivas | ... | Ray | |
Christine Avila | ... | Candy | |
Deborah Benson | ... | Lucy Matson | |
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Kari Geller | ... | Tracy |
Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must contend with being the only young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Although not the best film ever made, Fred Savage's portrayal as a kid with muscular dystrophy alone is reason to watch this film.
It is very much like One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, with the same forceful style nurse, and one patient (Mike Mills) who knows the real medicine the patients need. A great film