Movie #3465 "Back When We Were Grownups" (Hallmark) Not your typical Hallmark film with young , good looking stars --- this one follows Blythe Danner and her family she has helped to build, and it covers a subject that isn't covered very often --- what happens when you marry a widower with 3 children, and all of a sudden you are their mother --- and how does that relationship start, build and withstand all of them through their own adulthood and your own old age? It's based on an Anne Tyler book I had read and enjoyed (and recommend), but the movie seemed pretty much all doom and gloom --- Tyler has a way of presenting people in real life situations very well --- don't expect a huge action movie based on her books, but just real life situations and discussions --- these were okay, but it seemed the choices the screenwriter chose to use were more doom than inspiring --- that is until the very last scene --- it made the film worthwhile for me to have watched. Nicely done, and a reminder of just how good Danner is. I'd give it a 4 and say it is worth a look see .P.S. Fonda is very good here playing a very measured person who wants things the same every day --- never going out of the box life can put us in.
Director: Ron Undersood
Writers: Anne Tyler, Susanna Styron, Bridget Terry
Actors: Blythe Danner, Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda
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