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A Father's Choice

2000 · 96 min

A gentle, earnest TV drama about grief and family, comforting in its predictability and warm in its performances.

Directed by
Christopher Cain
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Strauss, Mary McDonnell, Michelle Trachtenberg
Overview
The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed.

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Directed by
Christopher Cain
Genres
Drama
Starring
Peter Strauss, Mary McDonnell, Michelle Trachtenberg
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • parenthood
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Christopher Cain
Written by
Richard Leder
Starring
Peter Strauss, Mary McDonnell, Michelle Trachtenberg, Yvonne Zima, Susan Hogan, Roger Cross, Eddie Velez, J. Winston Carroll
Cinematography
William Wages
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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