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MovieSphere+As the closest-guarded secrets of a troubled family gradually begin to emerge from the shadows, a desperate mother struggles to bring the ones she loves together in this family drama starring Kate Nelligan and Ron Silver.
Director Director. Annette Haywood-Carter. Producer Producer.Reading up on her*, this seems to be more personal than I might've given it credit for, particularly with Kate Nelligan and Ron Silver's gay son getting the experience that any queer child should have with their parents (even if it's after years of disconnection). But that can only be post-facto interest in what's otherwise a flat and mushy TV cancer movie, not much of anything except a symbol of the table scraps so many great female directors have…
Greta T. Narrator’s review published on Letterboxd: In my post-Foxfire frenzy (which I can't really say has ended, not while I'm still listening this much to that Mazzy Star song), I missed that Annette Haywood-Carter made a movie three years after it before not making anything until 2013. Reading up on her*, this seems to be more personal than I might've given it credit for, particularly with Kate Nelligan and Ron Silver's gay son getting the experience that any queer child should have with their parents (even if it's after years of disconnection).
