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      For the Love of Nancy

      TV-PG 1994 1h 37m Drama List
      Reviews 66% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Nancy Walsh (Tracey Gold) has recently graduated from high school, and carries an enormous amount of anxiety about the future. When she goes to college, she grows increasingly withdrawn and develops anorexia nervosa. While her parents, Sally (Jill Clayburgh) and Tom (William Devane), seem not to notice her condition, her brother (Cameron Bancroft) finally confronts her. Realizing they need to act to save their daughter, Sally and Tom must go to court to regain guardianship and force treatment. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member 4.5 only because its an older movie, but love Tracey! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Although slightly cliched, this movie does have its strong points, and can be interesting to a patient audience. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A tawdry tale of anorexia starring ex-anorexic Tracey Gold. While this is certainly an interesting movie, it suffers from insane and unexplained gaps in its timeline. One scene will end abruptly, and the next will take place weeks later, with no bridging in between. This happens at least a dozen times throughout the film. While this movie has nothing new to offer, Tracey Gold holds things together with her excellent portrayal of a role she was literally (and no disrespect intended) born to play. You could tell she was digging up emtions from her own health ordeal to use in her performance, and the result is a powerful and honest portrayal of a person who has let anorexia take over every aspect of their life. All of the other characters are overacted with an extremely heavy hand, almost to the point of nausea (but what is up with the unspoken sexual tension between Nancy and her brother, played by Mark-Paul Gossellar?).The outcome is predictable and the atmosphere never rises above that of a mid-90s made-for-TV drama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Had to watch this movie in my health class. lol. It is quite sad... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member i think this is a very sad movie because i can relate to nancy because i was anorexic and my mom and my sister helped me save my life i couldn't have done it without them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Tracey Gold as an anorexic young woman... she plays the role well, makes it very believable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Nancy Walsh (Tracey Gold) has recently graduated from high school, and carries an enormous amount of anxiety about the future. When she goes to college, she grows increasingly withdrawn and develops anorexia nervosa. While her parents, Sally (Jill Clayburgh) and Tom (William Devane), seem not to notice her condition, her brother (Cameron Bancroft) finally confronts her. Realizing they need to act to save their daughter, Sally and Tom must go to court to regain guardianship and force treatment.
      Director
      Paul Schneider
      Rating
      TV-PG
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 37m