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When her father and stepmother die in an accident, a college student is given custody of her 7-year-old half-sister.When her father and stepmother die in an accident, a college student is given custody of her 7-year-old half-sister.When her father and stepmother die in an accident, a college student is given custody of her 7-year-old half-sister.
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Samantha Hanratty
- Celia
- (as Sammi Hanratty)
Mitchell Laurance
- Richard Martin
- (as Mitch Laurance)
Mike Mayhall
- Man at Soccer Game
- (as Michael Mayhall)
Timmothy Amedee
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Kurston Carter
- Soccer Parent
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaShot primarily done in New Orleans (LA) and finished one week before Hurricane Katrina hit. As a result, the film is dedicated to the people who suffered from the hurricane and subsequent flooding.
- GoofsOlivia is with Celia's teacher and reading a story that Celia had begun writing. The story is about a cat named Olive and a dog named Cici. But at the end of the movie, they changed it to a cat named Cici and a dog named Olive.
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Olivia Martin: Richard left me his treasure.
- SoundtracksBeautiful Life
Written by Kit Hain
Performed by Erika Schiff
Courtesy of Wild Pink Music (ASCAP)
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Good Script but...
A very good script and a briskly maintained pace of direction struggle with some handsome but unfortunately one-note performances. While I do not expect Sammi Hanratty in the role of the seven-year-old Celia to show the range and subtlety of of Shirley McLaine, Lacey Chabert as her older sister seems to spend most of the movie locked in low-key, depressed sarcasm and even old hands like Wendy Malick play their characters -- well, if not monotonously, then at least never straying far from the keyboard note they start out at.
You may argue that this is the way movies, especially TV movies are made these days. Movies are made to accommodate demographics, and the demographics for beautiful, busty young actresses like Ms. Chabert are good enough to compensate the viewer for the fact that she does not have the range that she will, one hopes, develop as she grows. For old geezers like me, there is the eye candy and a story that makes some good points and touches our hearts a little. Am I unreasonable to hope for more?
You may argue that this is the way movies, especially TV movies are made these days. Movies are made to accommodate demographics, and the demographics for beautiful, busty young actresses like Ms. Chabert are good enough to compensate the viewer for the fact that she does not have the range that she will, one hopes, develop as she grows. For old geezers like me, there is the eye candy and a story that makes some good points and touches our hearts a little. Am I unreasonable to hope for more?
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