A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Director:
Carl Franklin
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Meryl Streep | ... | Kate Gulden | |
| Renée Zellweger | ... | Ellen Gulden | |
| William Hurt | ... | George Gulden | |
| Tom Everett Scott | ... | Brian Gulden | |
| Lauren Graham | ... | Jules | |
| Nicky Katt | ... | Jordan Belzer | |
| James Eckhouse | ... | District Attorney | |
| Patrick Breen | ... | G.A. Tweedy | |
| Gerrit Graham | ... | Oliver Most | |
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David Byron | ... | Senator Sullivan |
| Stephen Peabody | ... | Harold | |
| Lizbeth MacKay | ... | Dr. Cohen | |
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Mary Catherine Wright | ... | Clarice |
| Sloane Shelton | ... | Evelyn Best | |
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Michele Shay | ... | June |
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When a tough New Yorker's mother is stricken with a serious illness, she is forced to quit her job and her relationship with her boyfriend to take care of her, finding out a lot of things she didn't know about her mother and father and her life along the way. Written by L. Lim <penny1@es.co.nz>
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cancer | female protagonist | melodrama | dysfunctional family | terminal illness |Taglines:
Love What You Have.Genres:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
18 September 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Cosas que importan See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$6,606,455, 20 September 1998Gross USA:
$23,245,840Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$26,616,840Company Credits
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George Gulden: Your mother needs you, Ellen! Jesus Christ, you got a Harvard education, but where is your heart?
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By Bobby Freeman
Performed by Bette Midler
Courtesy by Atlantic Recording Corp.
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Trivia
Meryl Streep's character, Kate Gulden, is based on Prudence Pantano Quindlen, the mother of Anna Quindlen, the author of the book on which the script is based. Prudence Quindlen died in 1972 from ovarian cancer. See more »Goofs
In the scene where Ellen is working at midnight and Harold calls, the scene is shown in reverse. The titles on the book spines and the notes on the board are backwards. See more »Quotes
[to Ellen]George Gulden: Your mother needs you, Ellen! Jesus Christ, you got a Harvard education, but where is your heart?
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Do You Want To DanceBy Bobby Freeman
Performed by Bette Midler
Courtesy by Atlantic Recording Corp.
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I enjoyed this movie as much as you can, given the subject matter. Streep is completely amazing, Renee has some great moments, and Hurt does his usual preppy jerk routine. Several scenes will make you cry, but this is not the usual fatal-disease-in-the-family fare that you might expect it to be, thanks to Carl Franklin, who keeps the story fresh when stereotypes and cliches prevail.