Movie

A Place to Be Loved

1993 · 95 min

A heartfelt, issue-driven TV movie that balances painful family drama with hopeful warmth, asking you to care about a child's fight for belonging.

Overview: Gregory Kingsley, a boy passed off onto social services by his natural mother and abused by his natural father, finds the foster family he is put into to be the type of family he needs and takes his natural mother to court to have her parental rights revoked so that he can be adopted by the Russes. The story is based on the real case of the boy who really did have to take this action to avoid being sent back into an unacceptable situation.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, justice, trauma, parenthood
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
justice
trauma
parenthood
healing
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none