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      Back When We Were Grownups

      TV-PG 2004 1 hr. 36 min. Drama List
      Reviews 50% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Middle-aged widow Rebecca Davitch (Blythe Danner) looks back and wonders whether she took the right path in life. Her husband died after only a few years of marriage, and ever since she's been managing his three spoiled daughters, their cranky Uncle Poppy (Jack Palance) and the family business. In between planning Poppy's upcoming 100th birthday and commiserating with her brother-in-law, Zeb (Peter Riegert), she reconnects with her old sweetheart, Will (Peter Fonda), to see what might have been. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Hallmark Hall of Shame movie. Sometimes Hallmark makes good to great TV films but this isn't one of them except maybe for the ending Another Anne Tyler book based film which did not transfer to film well for me. Peter Fonda appears midway thru the film and surely shows his age now in his 70's. He does a convincing role of a jilted teenage lover of the lead actress Danner who does a great job of being a overworked head of her numerous dysfunctional family. Faye Dunnaway makes a mere cameo appearance so don't be fooled into watching this one because of her. This was just about close to being a waste of 98 minutes for me though it is done well and the women are unhappy except for our ever kind Danner. Flashbacks throughout the entire film tend to be distracting but you get the idea after a half hour of them. Nothing disturbing in this film. Maybe thats why I barely held interest. ---- Monsieur Rick Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member 2016-02-09 very confusing family relationships to sort out, made the movie hard to follow Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Blyhte Danner is such a terrific actress, I wish I could see more of Blythe as a lead, she was the center of this movie, the support & did it brilliantly, with her funny classy style..charming Danner. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I did not really like this movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Middle-aged widow Rebecca Davitch (Blythe Danner) looks back and wonders whether she took the right path in life. Her husband died after only a few years of marriage, and ever since she's been managing his three spoiled daughters, their cranky Uncle Poppy (Jack Palance) and the family business. In between planning Poppy's upcoming 100th birthday and commiserating with her brother-in-law, Zeb (Peter Riegert), she reconnects with her old sweetheart, Will (Peter Fonda), to see what might have been.
      Director
      Ron Underwood
      Executive Producer
      Richard Welsh, Brent Shields
      Screenwriter
      Susanna Styron, Bridget Terry
      Production Co
      Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, McGee Street Productions
      Rating
      TV-PG
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English