Do You Know the Muffin Man?

TV Movie
1989
Unrated
1h 30m

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A police officer and his wife are shocked to find that molestation has been going on at the neighborhood day care. They're devastated when they find that their own son might be a victim too.... Read allA police officer and his wife are shocked to find that molestation has been going on at the neighborhood day care. They're devastated when they find that their own son might be a victim too. Should they have known, should they have seen?A police officer and his wife are shocked to find that molestation has been going on at the neighborhood day care. They're devastated when they find that their own son might be a victim too. Should they have known, should they have seen?

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5.6/10

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 4 nominations total

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A TV movie made for the CBS network.

Quotes
Helen Wells: You know who turned me down flat? Miriam Slossburg.
Kendra Dollison: Josh's mom?
Helen Wells: Sunday night. She gets Alex up out of bed at 2:00 a.m. He meets them at the E.R. You know what it was?
Kendra Dollison: What?
Helen Wells: Gonorrhea. It was Josh.

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Featured in The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990)

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2/10

No thrills, no chills, and definitely no Muffin Man

A phoned-in cash-in of tabloid stories at the time, this film offers few crumbs of truth and little insight, not to mention no muffin man. Rather, it portrays an endevour recklessly persued by the film's supposed protagonists; children are woken from their sleep to answer traumatizing questions by their parents, and therapists ask more disturbing questions nonchalantly with dolls as props. Overall, this is just as entertaining as it is credible, and the so-bad-it's-good trope doesn't apply here. In fact, even Pam Dawber (Mork & Mindy) looks bored. The X-Files did something similar to this a few years after which was more interesting.