Larry Levenson productions on Hallmark must either show a dysfunctional family, tragedy, and the ability to tie things up nicely at the end. Again, this is the case with "Audrey's Rain."
Jean Smart delivers a convincing performance as a frustrated woman raising the 2 children of a sister who hung herself after her husband left her. She is also taking care of a sister who is severely mentally handicapped. All four live under the same roof. The children, who are young, can't come to grips with their mother's suicide.
With all this going on, Smart rekindles a relationship she had with a boyfriend, now widowed.
Carol Kane is appealing as a dear friend of Smart who confronts her with the fact that her sister's condition is worsening. Both say terrible things about each other during a very heated argument. However, by the standards of Larry Levenson productions, they become amicable by film's end. The ending is a little too much to deal with, but it's Hallmark, so you have to make do.
Jean Smart delivers a convincing performance as a frustrated woman raising the 2 children of a sister who hung herself after her husband left her. She is also taking care of a sister who is severely mentally handicapped. All four live under the same roof. The children, who are young, can't come to grips with their mother's suicide.
With all this going on, Smart rekindles a relationship she had with a boyfriend, now widowed.
Carol Kane is appealing as a dear friend of Smart who confronts her with the fact that her sister's condition is worsening. Both say terrible things about each other during a very heated argument. However, by the standards of Larry Levenson productions, they become amicable by film's end. The ending is a little too much to deal with, but it's Hallmark, so you have to make do.