Drama, Family, TV Movie
Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself
MOVIE COMMENTS
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The Shell Seekers
Election
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
...And God Created Woman
Unconditional Love
Holy Lola
Live and Become
Stuart Little
A Taste of Summer
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Lifemark
Indochine
The Way to the Heart
Then She Found Me
Snow Dogs
Right in Front of Me
Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many
Husband Father Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
Bonkers
Glorious 39
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The Shell Seekers
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2007
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IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 1999
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
IMDB 8.1 | Sep , 2019
Violet Evergarden, a former soldier returned from war, comes to teach at a women's academy and changes a young girl's life....And God Created Woman
IMDB 6.1 | Nov , 1956
Juliette Hardy is sexual dynamite, and has the men of a French coastal town panting. But Antoine, the only man who affects her likewise, wouldn't dream of settling down with a woman his friends consider the town tramp.Unconditional Love
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2003
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IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 2004
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IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2005
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IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1999
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IMDB 6.4 | Aug , 2019
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IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2001
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.Lifemark
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2022
David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.Indochine
IMDB 7 | Apr , 1992
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IMDB 9.9 | Apr , 2024
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IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 2007
A New York schoolteacher experiences a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies, and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.Snow Dogs
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 2002
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.Right in Front of Me
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2021
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IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 1993
Patty Nowakowski already has three children, but decides to be a surrogate mother. Fully confident of being able to give up her baby, she is nonetheless stunned when she discovers that she is expecting twins, and the couple for whom she is pregnant will only accept one child, provided it is female.Husband Father Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story
IMDB 5.7 | Oct , 2024
As a young teen, Alyssa has a relationship with abusive 21-year-old Steven, but their path takes a dark turn after she has his child, so she gives her up for adoption. Years later, their now 17-year-old daughter, seeks them out, and Steven manipulates her into an affair, neglecting his family.Bonkers
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2005
Bonnie, a nine-year-old single child, is part of a family of three living in the Netherlands. They have a love of elephants, passed on by Bonnie's grandfather's grandfather who worked on a game reserve in Africa, and Bonnie feels that she instinctively does things like an elephant as a result. Her single mother, Lis, is bi-polar and at times spends days on end without even getting out of bed. Then there are other times when she will manically do wild acts, such as impromptu dancing in public. As a result, Bonnie's sturdy and stable grandmother must hold the family together by doing all the cooking, etc. After her grandmother is killed by a car, Bonnie becomes the most responsible family member and struggles with preparing meals and getting her reluctant mother to take her medication. She also must dodge Jorien, a social worker who is attempting to place her in a foster home.Glorious 39
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2009
A mysterious tale set around a traditional British family on the eve of World War Two. Oblivious to the looming shadow of World War II, the wealthy Keyes maintain a confident façade in the British countryside until daughter Anne becomes an unexpected pawn. Her accidental discovery of secret recordings creates a rift in the family.