She did everything wrong, but got everything right.
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
DramaComedypubertydreamsbabybecoming an adultwifedrug addictionbiographybased on true storyunwillingly pregnantwritermarriage problemswoman director
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Classical in form, earnest, spare and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Drew BarrymoreBeverly Donofrio
- Steve ZahnRay Hasek
- Adam GarciaJason
- Brittany MurphyFay Forrester
- James WoodsLeonard Donofrio
- Lorraine BraccoTeresa Donofrio
- Rosie PerezShirley Perro
- Sara GilbertTina Barr
- Peter FacinelliTommy Butcher
- Mika BooremBeverly Donofrio (Age 11)
Crew
- Penny MarshallDirector
- Morgan WardScreenplay
- Miroslav OndříčekDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Lawrence JordanEditor
- Richard MarksEditor
- Julie AnsellProducer
- James L. BrooksProducer
- Richard SakaiProducer
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