A family is pushed to its limits when one of the daughters' lives is blighted by an eating disorder.A family is pushed to its limits when one of the daughters' lives is blighted by an eating disorder.A family is pushed to its limits when one of the daughters' lives is blighted by an eating disorder.
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Nikki Barnett
- Bernadette
- (as Nikki Barnette)
Mary-Colin Chisholm
- Sarah
- (as Mary Colin Chisholm)
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- TriviaThe final film of Joan Micklin Silver.
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Performed by Blaise Pascal
Written by Blaise Pascal, Matt Chapman and Roy Salmond
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This movie was based on Jillian Medoff's 1997 520-page novel by the same name. The book told a beautiful, realistic story. Making it into a movie, especially a TV movie (not that they would ever release a film about eating disorders in theaters), was not a good idea. So much of the story was cut out. If I had only seen the movie and not read the book, I would have hated it. But it some ways it was nice seeing a favorite book of mine brought to life. I would have to say that was the only reason I liked this movie at all. Well, the acting was pretty good, I'll give you that. One thing I didn't like was the writers' attempt to address an issue relating to eating disorders that was not an issue at the time the book was written, and therefore was obviously not part of the book. That was the issue of pro-anorexia websites, the whole "anorexic and proud" mentality. Whether or not this is an important issue is another matter, but it was not part of the book and therefore should not have been included in the movie. The cut so much of the story out, just to add in something that wasn't originally there. I'd say this is worth checking out if you've read and liked the book, otherwise, skip it.
- elizabeth-32
- Feb 2, 2003
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- Mentira en el espejo
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- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada(Oakwood Terrace)
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