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The Good Mother
Directed by
Leonard Nimoy
R
1988
1h 44m
Drama
,
Romance
5.7
54%
28%
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A divorced mother may lose custody of her young daughter to her ex-husband after he learns that the little girl crawled into bed with the mother and her boyfriend.
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Cast of The Good Mother
Diane Keaton
Anna Dunlop
Liam Neeson
Leo Cutter
Jason Robards
W. O. Muth
Ralph Bellamy
Grandfather Frank
Teresa Wright
Grandmother Eleanor
James Naughton
Brian Dunlop
Asia Vieira
Molly Dunlop
Joe Morton
Frank Williams
Fred Melamed
Dr. Payne
Katey Sagal
Ursula
Margaret Bard
Aunt Rain
Nancy Beatty
Anna's Mother
Barry Belchamber
Anna's Father
Mairon Bennett
Young Anna Dunlop
Zachary Bennett
Young Bobby
Scott Brunt
Eric
Marvin Karon
Older Bobby
Charles Kimbrough
Uncle Orrie
Tracy Griffith
Babe
Matt Damon
Extra (uncredited)
Ben Affleck
Extra (uncredited)
Eugene Clark
Arch
Elizabeth Clarke
Court Clerk
Beverly Cooper
Celia
Philip Eckman
Greg Ellwand
Sheila Ferrini
Adam Furfaro
Donna Galligan
David Gardner
Teal Gennaro
Diane Gordon
Leonard Nimoy
Director
Sue Miller
Writer
Michael Bortman
Writer
Arne Glimcher
Producer
The Good Mother Ratings & Reviews
Southern Voice (Atlanta)
Ray Hesse
Perhaps the number's simple existence was the point It's there, and in and of itself it may mean nothing, but anyone who sees it can make anything of it he or she wants.
Sojourner
Kathi Maio
Keaton is never completely convincing as either the "before" or "after" Anna.
TV Guide
Overall, it's a competent meditation on a complex subject, but one wishes it had been injected with a little of the passion that the sculptor is supposed to have awakened in the good mother.
Variety
Variety Staff
The traumatic subject matter of a child custody fight is handled with restraint and intelligence in The Good Mother.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
For all its potential to challenge and disturb, The Good Mother is finally no more wrenching than a placid Maine landscape on a summer day.
New Times
Gregory Weinkauf
Spock and Qui-Gon kick *** at showing feelings.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A thought-provoking film about single parenting, sexual mores and the tendency in our society to allow lawyers and judges to settle questions of personal values.
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
Could have been standard "Lifetime Channel" material, but Keaton and company deliver some great work.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The Good Mother is one of the most confused and conflicted serious movies in a long time -- a film that feels great passion about its subject matter but has no idea what it wants to say or how to say it.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One more nail in the coffin of the 60s.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
Even shackled to banalities, Keaton has the power to amaze.
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