Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Dana Delany | ... | Rose Cleardon Abbott | |
Sada Thompson | ... | Sister Evangeline | |
Clancy Brown | ... | Son | |
Jill Gascoine | ... | Mother Corrine | |
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Nancy Moore Atchison | ... | Cecilia (age 15) |
Debra Christofferson | ... | Sister Bernadette | |
Lisa Rieffel | ... | Beatrice | |
Marissa Ribisi | ... | Angie | |
John Putch | ... | Thomas Cleardon | |
Maggie Gyllenhaal | ... | Lorraine Thomas | |
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Mary-Joan Negro | ... | Mrs. Stanton |
Ellen Burstyn | ... | June Clatterbuck | |
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Anthony Mockus Sr. | ... | Father O'Donnell |
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Brett Pryor | ... | Joseph Clatterbuck |
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Daria Sanford | ... | Ann Clatterbuck |
A woman runs away from her husband when she discovers she is pregnant, going to a Catholic school for girls, where she meets and marries another man, who raises the child as his own. Meanwhile, the first husband spends 15 years searching for his wife. Written by Bill Hensley <Bill.Hensley@trw.com>
This film isn't as useless as many of the reviewers here are writing, in my opinion. I enjoyed it, and I especially fell in love with Clancy Brown's character. He was patient, understanding, loyal, and loving.... he was SO good and believable in this role, it's the one I think of him in the most often now. I believe Clancy is more like this character than any of the others he's played.
No, they didn't explain the lead character's issues or motivations very well, but aren't many people intriguing and inexplicable in some (or many) ways? I think you can enjoy this film if you also pay special attention to the stories and characters around her. Ellen Burstyn is always a first-class actor. All of the supporting cast and characters are rich, interesting, and easy to understand. I enjoyed the movie and I'll watch it again, I'm sure, when I have an opportunity.
Clancy Brown was WONDERFUL. I wanted to marry him myself!