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Director
  
Jonathan Kaplan

Initial DVD release
  
April 22, 2003

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Music director
  
Brad Fiedel

Writer
  
Barbara Benedek

Language
  
English

Immediate Family (film) movie poster

Release date
  
October 27, 1989 (1989-10-27)

Cast
  
Glenn Close
(Linda Spector),
James Woods
(Michael Spector),
Mary Stuart Masterson
(Lucy Moore),
Kevin Dillon
(Sam),
Linda Darlow
(Lawyer Susan Drew),
Mimi Kennedy
(Eli's Mom)

Similar movies
  
The Baby Maker (1970)

Tagline
  
The toughest choices are made with the heart.

Immediate family 1989 movie


Immediate Family is a 1989 drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan. It stars Glenn Close and James Woods as a married childless couple who want a baby. They decide to adopt from a pregnant teenage girl who later gets second thoughts.

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Plot

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The successful couple Linda Spector (Glenn Close) and Michael Spector (James Woods) have been married for ten years and desperately want to be parents. They try to conceive but are unable. They turn to an adoption agency and meet the pregnant 17-year-old Lucy (Mary Stuart Masterson). She thinks the couple can provide better for her baby than she and her boyfriend Sam (Kevin Dillon). The Spectors take care of Lucy during her pregnancy and they become close but Lucy becomes uncertain about giving up her baby.

Cast

  • Glenn Close as Linda Spector
  • James Woods as Michael Spector
  • Mary Stuart Masterson as Lucy
  • Kevin Dillon as Sam
  • Linda Darlow as Lawyer Susan Drew
  • Harrison Mohr as Eli
  • Mimi Kennedy as Eli's mother
  • Charles Levin as Eli's father
  • Jessica James as Bessie
  • Ken Lerner as Josh
  • Jane Greer as Michael's Mother

    • Reception

    Immediate Family received mixed reviews from critics, as the film holds a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    Awards and nominations

    National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

  • 1989: Won, "Best Supporting Actress" - Mary Stuart Masterson

    • Young Artist Award

  • 1990: Nominated, "Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Motion Picture" - Kevin Dillon

    • References

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