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      What the Deaf Man Heard

      TV-G 1997 1 hr. 36 min. Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 88% 500+ Ratings Audience Score Sammy (Matthew Modine) isn't mute. But no one knows that. After he was seemingly abandoned by his mother at the age of 10, Sammy took a vow of a silence. Since then, everyone in the tiny town of Barrington, Ga., has treated him as a deaf-mute. This puts Sammy in the unique position of being in on the secrets of its citizens, including domineering matron Tynan (Claire Bloom), her oafish son (Jake Weber) and her sensitive daughter (Anne Bobby). But what happens when his own secret gets loose? Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Loved the movie. Realistic to me.... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Can't find it anywhere but it is great Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member A cute and funny movie that's actually pretty poignant. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Good story. Funny, cute, and a good plot...a man whose silence makes the whole town convinced that he's deaf. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I would have rated it higher except I was too young when I saw it and the scene with his mother's death really scared me. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member My favorite Hallmark movie of all time!! "Toliver, this just ain't been your summer!" So sweet and funny and wonderfully quotable! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Sammy (Matthew Modine) isn't mute. But no one knows that. After he was seemingly abandoned by his mother at the age of 10, Sammy took a vow of a silence. Since then, everyone in the tiny town of Barrington, Ga., has treated him as a deaf-mute. This puts Sammy in the unique position of being in on the secrets of its citizens, including domineering matron Tynan (Claire Bloom), her oafish son (Jake Weber) and her sensitive daughter (Anne Bobby). But what happens when his own secret gets loose?
      Director
      John Kent Harrison
      Executive Producer
      Richard Welsh
      Screenwriter
      Robert W. Lenski
      Rating
      TV-G
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English