Replacing Dad
Leaving September 30
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1h 32m
Directed by Joyce Chopra • 1999 • United States
Starring Mary McDonnell, William Russ, Jack Coleman
Director Joyce Chopra brings her usual sensitivity to this made-for-television look at a woman in the process of rebuilding her shattered home. When Linda (Mary McDonnell) discovers that her husband (William Russ) of sixteen years is cheating on her with their daughter’s teacher, her life is turned upside down. Turning him out of the house, she cycles through a series of new relationships in hopes of finding a new, reliable partner. Screen legend Tippi Hedren costars in a scene-stealing turn as Linda’s mother.
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