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David Marshall Grant, Diane Venora, Jay O Sanders

What happens when a widowed mother and her two sons invite an injured drifter into their home? Put aside those modern, jaded visions of a psychotic killer on the rampage and enter the gentler, yet ext...( read more  read more... )remely rigid world of 1955 Suburbia USA. Jeanne Holman has lost her husband to the Korean War and is doing her best to support her family in a community that reveres conformity and frowns upon anyone who dares to be different. As Jeanne questions her chosen path, her oldest son Tom struggles to fit in with his peers and her youngest son, Gunny, who's frightened of virtually everything, is soon to be diagnosed with a serious illness. Enter a chance encounter with drifter Jack McCloud and his dog Betty Jane, and the pair temporarily move in with the Holman family. What essentially begins as one woman's act of guilt-induced charity evolves into a magical journey of personal growth for each family member. The end result is a wish come true for everyone involved. This film has widespread appeal: there's romance, magic, physical and spiritual journeys, self-revelation, and even a celebration of diversity and personal strength. The PG rating seems apt due to the film's intensity and one short almost nude scene. --Tami Horiuchi

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PG, 115 min.

Directed by: Martha Coolidge

Release Date: November 3, 1995

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DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001

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Flixster Reviews (131)

  • doglover000000
    June 30, 2009
    doglover000000
    I love this movie, its light hearted and enjoyable to watch.
  • Surfer567Rosa
    June 18, 2009
    Surfer567Rosa
    is the dog magical...or patrick swayze...or both...?
  • helwigs
    June 8, 2009
    helwigs
    Adorible family film.
  • BettyWhaCknUt
    March 6, 2009
    BettyWhaCknUt
    There are no limitations on having faith.
  • sarahmoongoddess
    September 2, 2008
    sarahmoongoddess
    i loved it but wished it had a different ending
  • sxcjaydo
    July 10, 2008
    sxcjaydo
    this is a really good movie!
  • prettylady132006
    April 2, 2008
    prettylady132006
    seen it love it wanda
  • MECreviews
    March 21, 2008
    MECreviews
    This movie is ok. Nothing that spectacular though.
  • Drustah
    February 5, 2008
    Drustah
    its kind of slow...but its a good look at life in 1955
  • arkansasbandit2009
    November 12, 2007
    arkansasbandit2009
    A very good movie...it tells you a life of a little boy that is asked by a stranger to make a wish, that his mother and little brother makes a wish and it comes true and he grows up wondering what he did to not get a wish and finds out that his wish was given to him by the strang...( read more)er, that he would find happiness in anything that he wanted and he relizes that his greates gift was having a family..

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