Just try to to take your eyes off of Colleen Dewhurst. Absolutely impossible, no matter what roles she's playing, on the big or small screen, or on stage, she makes fluff seem like Shakespeare (or in her case Eugene O'Neill), and as a 48 year old mother of three who discovers that she's pregnant. Grown ons Timothy Hutton and Al Corley, and daughter Maggie Cooper have mixed reactions, mainly because they have enough drama of their own, and husband Warren Oates wants them to be able to finally stop living.
There's also her own mother (Mildred Dunnock) and best friend Allyn Allyn McLearie, with Dunnock not in favor of having a new grandchild, simply because she is jealous that she wasn't much of a mother in the first place. But when you've got Murphy Brown's mom and the irrepressible Aunt Marilla of "Anne of Green Gables" in this part, you know that this sitcom like plotline will have much more charisma than the plot as written on paper would ever suggest.
A mixture of smart comedy, sweet pathos and some definite realistic drama, this gets to be much more complicated than what the plot suggests, threatening Dewhurst and Oates' marriage, with Oates vehemently against being a father once again. He's not a monster however as he has genuinely realistic objections, and delivers an honest, believable performance. Great support by everyone, but no one, no matter how talented, can outact Dewhurst or command attention without swallowing the scenery. This makes a much better TV movie than expected, maybe not a masterpiece, but with Dewhurst at forefront, hard to resist.
There's also her own mother (Mildred Dunnock) and best friend Allyn Allyn McLearie, with Dunnock not in favor of having a new grandchild, simply because she is jealous that she wasn't much of a mother in the first place. But when you've got Murphy Brown's mom and the irrepressible Aunt Marilla of "Anne of Green Gables" in this part, you know that this sitcom like plotline will have much more charisma than the plot as written on paper would ever suggest.
A mixture of smart comedy, sweet pathos and some definite realistic drama, this gets to be much more complicated than what the plot suggests, threatening Dewhurst and Oates' marriage, with Oates vehemently against being a father once again. He's not a monster however as he has genuinely realistic objections, and delivers an honest, believable performance. Great support by everyone, but no one, no matter how talented, can outact Dewhurst or command attention without swallowing the scenery. This makes a much better TV movie than expected, maybe not a masterpiece, but with Dewhurst at forefront, hard to resist.