Complete credited cast: | |||
Ann-Margret | ... | Luanne Barnes | |
Julie Andrews | ... | Audrey Grant | |
Hugh Grant | ... | James | |
Zeljko Ivanek | ... | Donald Barnes | |
Tony Roberts | ... | Harry | |
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Hal England | ... | Charley |
Loyda Ramos | ... | Patient's Wife | |
Annabelle Weenick | ... | Nurse | |
Lisa Blake Richards | ... | Female Bar Patron | |
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Essex Smith | ... | Trailer Park Manager |
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Frank Whiteman | ... | George |
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Elizabeth Austin | ... | Sally |
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George Whiteman | ... | Male Bar Patron |
Donald Barnes (Zeljko Ivanek) is dying of A.I.D.S.. His lover, James (Hugh Grant), asks his mother, Audrey Grant (Dame Julie Andrews), to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald's mother, Luanne (Ann-Margret), who has been estranged from her son for years. Written by Randy Goldebrg <gaellon@inch.com>
Our Sons is one of the better films dealing with AIDS that I've seen next to The Normal Heart. It casts Julie Andrews and Ann Margret as two radically different women who must come together when one of their sons is dying of AIDS.
Hugh Grant has an early role as Andrews' son and he pleads with his mother to bring Margret's character from Arkansas to see his dying lover and her son. This doesn't go as planned and Andrews must convince Margret to see her son, because Margret is under the impression that her son deserves what's coming to him because of his lifestyle.
Even 30 years later, this story is all too resonate with parents abandoning their gay children all the time. Our Sons tells an incredibly moving story about how it's never too late to reconnect and forgive. Andrews and Margret have never been better and you have to give them credit for willing to star in a non-judgemental story about AIDS when people were still scared to talk about it.