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      Mistaken Identity

      1999 1h 37m Drama List
      Reviews 53% 500+ Ratings Audience Score In this real-life inspired story, pregnant strangers Sarah (Melissa Gilbert) and Linda (Rosanna Arquette) have their children at roughly the same time, but their newborns are accidentally switched at the hospital. Hoping to prove that her deadbeat boyfriend, Darryl (James McCaffrey), is the father of her child, Linda makes him take a DNA test. When he fails, she learns the truth about her son. She contacts Sarah, and together the two women must make a decision about their children's future. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A sad true story, with a heart-warming ending. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie, great story, one of the better Lifetime movies out there. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Made-for-TV movie with predictable characters, but based on a true story which makes for an interesting situation. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Not the best movie to watch when pregnant. lol Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't understand their decisions... so messed up. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Based on a true story, being switched at birth is eerily more common than one might think. This feel-good movie is heart-warming and fun to watch. It has great lessons and much to walk away with. Both Melissa Gilbert and Rosanna Arquette give amazing performances as mothers desperately wanting to be in their biological son's life but not willing to give up the son they raised. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis In this real-life inspired story, pregnant strangers Sarah (Melissa Gilbert) and Linda (Rosanna Arquette) have their children at roughly the same time, but their newborns are accidentally switched at the hospital. Hoping to prove that her deadbeat boyfriend, Darryl (James McCaffrey), is the father of her child, Linda makes him take a DNA test. When he fails, she learns the truth about her son. She contacts Sarah, and together the two women must make a decision about their children's future.
      Director
      Douglas Barr
      Producer
      Les Alexander, Don Enright
      Screenwriter
      Alan Hines
      Production Co
      Alexander/Enright & Associates
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 29, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 37m