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Immediate Family (1989)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:6
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Michael (James Woods) and Linda (Glenn Close) Spector are a mature, successful couple who have everything it takes to be parents--except a baby. Enter Lucy (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Sam (Kevin... Michael (James Woods) and Linda (Glenn Close) Spector are a mature, successful couple who have everything it takes to be parents--except a baby. Enter Lucy (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Sam (Kevin Dillon), a teenage couple who have a baby on the way, but aren't ready to be parents. As Michael and Linda await the birth of Lucy's child so that they can adopt it, they become unexpectedly parental toward Lucy and Michael, making the experience even more enriching--and complicated--than they expected. [More]
Starring: Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon
Starring: Glenn Close, James Woods, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kevin Dillon, Mimi Kennedy
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Screenwriter: Barbara Benedek
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Reviews for Immediate Family
A sappy success, mixing laughter, drama and trepidation, but most of all, heart.
A lifeless domestic drama that drags its sentimental heels about the childless stagnation of a middle-aged couple. Want an emotional uplift? Attend a PTA meeting instead!
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