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What Makes a Family

Country: USA, Language: English, 120 mins

  • Director: Maggie Greenwald
  • Writer: Robert L. Freedman
  • Producer: Cis Corman; Robert L. Freedman

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Brooke Shields believes she has finally found happiness, now that she and her lesbian partner (Cherry Jones) have a child. But when Jones passes away five years later and her scheming parents apply for custody behind Shields' back, an affecting struggle ensues.


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Cast & Characters

Brooke Shields as Janine Nielssen;
Cherry Jones as Sandy Cataldi;
Anne Meara as Evelyn Cataldi;
Al Waxman as Frank Cataldi;
Whoopi Goldberg as Terry Harrison;
Jordy Benattar as Heather Cataldi;
Melanie Nicholls-King as Nora;
Stewart Arnott as Peter;
Joanne Vannicola as Melissa;
Roberta Maxwell as Claire;
Dean McDermott as O'Brien;
Sean McCann as Judge Black;
Philip Williams as Martin Crane;
Jayne Eastwood as Judge Shales;
George Buza as Reverend Greg Wasney