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For the Love of Nancy

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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 When she goes to college, she grows increasingly withdrawn and develops anorexia nervosa.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.

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Life With Jr X @Moonlightbae2 Aug 20 This movie explains perfectly how anorexia can take over someone’s life, it’s hard for others to understand. It’s not something glamorous like a lot of people think . This is a story about a young girl who felt her life was changing and she had trouble adjusting. It took over her life and her family’s lives. It was a struggle. Tracy did an amazing job! She knows firsthand how anorexia is a disease and not a trendy phase. I recommend this movie to anyone suffering from an eating disorder anybody that knows anybody that is suffering & wants to understand and to anybody that likes learning more. See more 06/25/2015 4.5 only because its an older movie, but love Tracey! See more 10/27/2014 Although slightly cliched, this movie does have its strong points, and can be interesting to a patient audience. See more 07/16/2014 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. See more 02/27/2012 Had to watch this movie in my health class. lol. It is quite sad... See more 09/09/2010 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Harry R. Sherman
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
Oct 2, 1994
Runtime
1h 37m
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