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Doing Time on Maple Drive

  • TV Movie
  • 1992
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
2.4K
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Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
Drama

A young college student, his family's "golden child," brings his fiancee home to meet them.A young college student, his family's "golden child," brings his fiancee home to meet them.A young college student, his family's "golden child," brings his fiancee home to meet them.

  • Director
    • Ken Olin
  • Writer
    • James Duff
  • Stars
    • James Sikking
    • Bibi Besch
    • William McNamara
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    2.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ken Olin
    • Writer
      • James Duff
    • Stars
      • James Sikking
      • Bibi Besch
      • William McNamara
    • 53User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Jim Carrey, William McNamara, and Lori Loughlin in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    William McNamara and Lori Loughlin in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Jim Carrey in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Bibi Besch, William McNamara, and James Sikking in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Jim Carrey in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Lori Loughlin in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Jim Carrey and Jayne Brook in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Lori Loughlin in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Jim Carrey and James Sikking in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Jim Carrey and James Sikking in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    William McNamara in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
    Jim Carrey in Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)

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    James Sikking
    James Sikking
    • Phil Carter
    • (as James B. Sikking)
    Bibi Besch
    Bibi Besch
    • Lisa Carter
    William McNamara
    William McNamara
    • Matt Carter
    Jayne Brook
    Jayne Brook
    • Karen
    David Byron
    • Tom
    Lori Loughlin
    Lori Loughlin
    • Allison
    Jim Carrey
    Jim Carrey
    • Tim Carter
    Philip Linton
    • Andy
    Bennett Cale
    • Kyle
    Richard Israel
    Richard Israel
    • Student Actor
    Mark Chaet
    Mark Chaet
    • Nick
    Janice Lynde
    Janice Lynde
    • Judy
    George Roth
    • Dr. Norman
    Parker Whitman
    • Gene
    Danielle Michonne
    • Cindy
    Toni Sawyer
    • Millie
    Bodhi Elfman
    Bodhi Elfman
    • Joe
    Mike Marikian
    • Kevin
    • Director
      • Ken Olin
    • Writer
      • James Duff
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Features an early, dramatic role by Jim Carrey.
    • Quotes

      Lisa Carter: [sniff] I don't, um, I don't understand how anyone could choose to be like this... I'm just... it is not to be understood.

      Matt Carter: I didn't choose this. I am this. Mom, I didn't choose to be gay. Do you think I'd choose to be this different from everyone else? That I'd choose to make you and Dad this upset? That I'd choose to lose someone as beautiful and wonderful as Allison? And what about AIDS? I mean, suppose someone wanted to be gay, would they want to be gay now?

      Lisa Carter: I don't know. And I don't want to know.

      Matt Carter: Then you don't want to know me either.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992)

    User reviews53

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    Wonderful Family Values
    At first, the characters in this family melodrama all seem so ordinary and well adjusted. The dad (James Sikking) is financially successful, competitive, and something of a perfectionist. Mom (Bibi Besch) is motherly and traditional. One son is getting married. The other son has just a slight fondness for alcohol. And the daughter and her husband have returned for a pleasant visit, and to attend the family wedding. Our ideal family lives in a two-story house with manicured lawn on Maple Drive. As in the 1950's sitcom "Leave It To Beaver", all is peaches and cream, comfy and cozy, a household that is the very archetype of American family values.

    But viewers are alerted to the shallowness of this overall image when the story's POV character tells another character: "See, he just has to be perfect. And if he isn't perfect, just keep it to yourself because I don't think anybody in this family wants to know". As secrets and anger surface, verbal conflict builds. And by the film's end, all these people are revealed to be complex, flawed, vulnerable, and hurting.

    "Doing Time On Maple Drive" gets off to a slow start. I think the script setup might be a tad too long. And the writers could have been a little clearer about who is related to whom. Other than that, the script is well written and highly thematic. With rich characterization, the story conveys a realistic view of contemporary America, with its penchant for shallow idealism that overlays deep social and psychological turmoil. Although the dialogue seems a bit dated, it nevertheless has some good subtext.

    Overall acting is quite impressive. I couldn't find any weak performances. It's nice to see Jim Carrey play a serious role; I wish he would do more drama. The film's color cinematography is adequate.

    I have two complaints. First, the score consists of dreary, nondescript elevator music; second, sets seem cheap. However, this is after all a made-for-TV movie; visual breaks show where the commercials were inserted. And I can imagine that the budget here was fairly low.

    But the film's strength is its script. "Doing Time On Maple Drive" is a poignant story that has genuine thematic depth. For what director Ken Olin set out to do, I think he succeeded quite well. Although there have been more recent films dealing with the same general topic, the high quality of this film makes it worth watching.
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    • Release date
      • March 16, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Faces in the Mirror
    • Production company
      • FNM Films
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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