Back When We Were Grownups 2004

     This film is based on a novel by Anne Tyler.  Rebecca Davitch is 53 years old and she wonders about the life she has chosen.  She was originally going to marry Will Allenby but when she met Joe, she knew she wanted to marry him.  He had three children and their mother had left them for her career.  It was rough in the beginning and then Joe died at 26 years old in a car accident.  Rebecca runs a business of giving parties for people.  The family has grown with marriages and grandchildren.  The glue that holds the family together is Rebecca.

     There are a lot of people in this family and sometimes it’s difficult to keep them sorted out.  Rebecca contacts her high school boyfriend Will to see how his life turned out.  He is divorced and has a daughter but he is still sorry Rebecca married someone else.  2 ½* (This movie is so-so)
 

94 min, TV Movie, Drama directed by Ron Underwood with Blythe Danner, Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Jack Palance, Peter Riegert, Ione Skye, Betsy Brandt, Stacy Edwards, Blake Lindsay, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Nina Foch.

Note:  Imdb 6.5 out of 10, 56% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 5.0* out of 5* with 15 reviews.

Special Note:  Nina Foch plays the character Mrs. Holmes.  This was her last film role.  She was born in 1924 and died in 2008.