Tuesday, October 6, 2020

A Marriage of Convenience 1998

      This film is based on a novel by Georgia Bockoven.  Chris Winslow Whitney is a successful business woman.  Her sister is killed in a car accident and she had an emergency caesarean section to deliver a premature baby boy.  Chris didn’t know that her sister was pregnant and she is thinking of giving Kevin up for adoption.  The couple bows out when Kevin needs emergency surgery.  Chris decides she will raise Kevin herself for her sister.  Chris doesn’t know who Kevin’s father is and he doesn’t know he has a son.  

      Chris traces Kevin’s estranged father and eight years later, his father finds out he has a son.  He wants to claim custody of the child and this will not work for Chris!!  They go to court and Kevin tells the judge that he wants Chris and Mason to get married.  They must make a decision this day.  Chris and Mason Whitney decide to marry so they both can raise Kevin together.  Would it be possible that they could fall in love during their convenient marriage.  Maybe Kevin will be able to bring them together?  This would be a win-win for everyone involved and this is what Kevin wants!!  5* (I really liked this movie) 

120 min, Romance directed by James Keach and written by Georgia Bockoven, David J. Hill and Renee Longstreet with Jane Seymour, James Brolin, David Kaye, Lorena Gale, Kari Matchett, Karen Barker, Shirley Knight, Frank Adamson, Tom Anniko, Mauralea Austin.


Note:  Goodreads gives this book by Georgia Bockoven 3* with 75 ratings and 6 reviews, Imdb 6.2* out of 10* with 401 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 18% with 54 audience scores, Amazon 4* out of 5* with 34 reviews.


Special Note:  Jane Seymour’s sister is played by her real sister Anne Gould.  This film is well-produced and directed with a very good love story.  James Brolin is underrated as an actor and he is excellent and capable.  James is married to Barbra Streisand.  His son Josh Brolin is also in the motion picture industry.  This film is sweet and simple plus enjoyable.  Jane Seymour has always had long beautiful hair!! 

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