The use of experimental tranquilizers purchased by Aidan Quinn for his wife, Romper Room hostess Sherri Finkbine (Sissy Spacek), has had negative effects on her pregnancy. When she finds out that her newly conceived child could be deformed, she begins to consider an abortion. The judgmental public goes overboard in their rage, while I went overboard in my rage as these pathetic nosy do-gooders who didn't even care to investigate facts before pointing the finger.
A powerful cable movie that is engrossing and brilliant, it's a reflection of the insane news media years before cable TV and the internet where things could have been worse had they existed at the time. Spacek, Quinn and Estelle Parsons (as Spacek's supportive mother) are all wonderful as they consider all options pre-Roe vs. Wade, and the product that caused the problem is taken on as well.
But I'll never forget the sight of Spacek being harassed every where she goes by the press and complete strangers, torn apart by her love for children (as a mother of four) and Quinn angrily reacting to an agreed upon interview thar goes too far. For boomers who remember the sweet Miss Sherri, this will be a mixture of nostalgia and sadness that she had to endure such a public scandal when being such an icon to the children who adored her.
A powerful cable movie that is engrossing and brilliant, it's a reflection of the insane news media years before cable TV and the internet where things could have been worse had they existed at the time. Spacek, Quinn and Estelle Parsons (as Spacek's supportive mother) are all wonderful as they consider all options pre-Roe vs. Wade, and the product that caused the problem is taken on as well.
But I'll never forget the sight of Spacek being harassed every where she goes by the press and complete strangers, torn apart by her love for children (as a mother of four) and Quinn angrily reacting to an agreed upon interview thar goes too far. For boomers who remember the sweet Miss Sherri, this will be a mixture of nostalgia and sadness that she had to endure such a public scandal when being such an icon to the children who adored her.