Nice chemistry between Sissy Spacek and William Peterson which easily could have been a movie of the week in the era before Lifetime movies came along, only made worthy of the big screen by the presence of the Oscar-winning Spacek. She's a divorced teacher about to be remarried (to equally handsome Brian Kerwin) when her ex-husband Peterson shows up and sent her into panic mode. He abandoned her for one of his dreams ears before and she divorced him in the meantime. Their daughter Olivia Burnette pulls a "Mamma Mia" by sending her dad an anonymous wedding invitation he thinks is from Spacek. Of course, the sparks ignite and this puts a damper and the wedding actually going through.
With familiar names as Mare Winningham (as a friend of Spacek's) and Peter MacNichol as the old rival of the ex and best friend of the groom to be) as well as a very funny cameo by stage and screen veteran Louis Smith as the old school principal, this is a very pleasant slice-of-life comedy that doesn't take a lot of intellect to watch but is amusing as nice time filler. It's nice to say a film where ex-spouses don't spend your time fighting and realize that there was a reason why they fell in love. Life doesn't always work out this way, but the fact that pretty much everybody in this film is a genuinely nice character (even though some of the participants at the bridal shower are rather shrewish) makes it a difficult film not to like. Brunette is very good as the trouble daughter who would like nothing more than for her parents to get back together.
With familiar names as Mare Winningham (as a friend of Spacek's) and Peter MacNichol as the old rival of the ex and best friend of the groom to be) as well as a very funny cameo by stage and screen veteran Louis Smith as the old school principal, this is a very pleasant slice-of-life comedy that doesn't take a lot of intellect to watch but is amusing as nice time filler. It's nice to say a film where ex-spouses don't spend your time fighting and realize that there was a reason why they fell in love. Life doesn't always work out this way, but the fact that pretty much everybody in this film is a genuinely nice character (even though some of the participants at the bridal shower are rather shrewish) makes it a difficult film not to like. Brunette is very good as the trouble daughter who would like nothing more than for her parents to get back together.