Immediate Family

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Immediate Family

PG-13

1989

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

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Linda and Michael Spector are unable to have children and pregnant teen Lucy decides that the Spectors can provide a better home for her baby than she and her boyfriend can. But when the day comes to actually give up her baby, it turns out to be much more difficult than she expected.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

11/24/2002

3/5

Lovely performances elevate this predictable drama.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

2/4

I cared for all of the characters, I was moved by the writing and acting of some of the key scenes, and yet the movie as a whole failed to really reach me.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

07/11/2022

A film in which life presents pennies of happiness but set to loan shark prices. [Full review in Spanish]

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Bruce C. Steele

OutWeek

05/20/2020

Their willful exploitation of a young woman in financial straits struck me as pathetic, particularly since the Masterson character is as full of life and passion as the yuppie couple is empty.

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Kathi Maio

Sojourner

09/07/2019

This is a movie that means to be serious and compassionate. And it is, in a way. It is also one of the most dangerously elitist films about parenting that I've seen in a long time.

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Caffeinated Clint

Film Threat

02/07/2006

3/5

An intriguing and important watch

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thiago S

@Thiagostone May 9

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Steve D

@RT35616104 02/26/2023

I found it all really uncomfortable.

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04/18/2016

Couple who cannot conceive a child hope to adopt a baby from a pregnant teen. This drama is over the top tearjerking at its best. This could've easily been a Lifetime movie.

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11/09/2015

Love this movie. Simple, raw and real...four great actors are what really pull this film together. One of my most quoted lines from this movie is, "Only one of us gets be crazy at a time."

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Steve S

@RT32687682 11/20/2014

***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.***

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02/13/2010

Una pareja sin hijos (James Woods y Glenn Close), desean adoptar el hijo de una pareja adolescente (Mary Stuart Masterson y Kevin Dillon). Actores de primera categoria atrapados en un drama tipo "Hallmark" que provoca nauseas no debidas al embarazo sino a lo embarazoso de la trama.

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Synopsis

Linda and Michael Spector are unable to have children and pregnant teen Lucy decides that the Spectors can provide a better home for her baby than she and her boyfriend can. But when the day comes to actually give up her baby, it turns out to be much more difficult than she expected.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Producer: Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford
Screenwriter: Barbara Benedek
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.4M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm