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Night Ride Home (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Night Ride Home' is a 1999 American television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Carradine, Ellen Burstyn, and Thora Birch. Its plot follows a family coping with the death of their son, which his sister inadvertently caused. It was released through the 'Hallmark Hall of Fame' series.
Cast
Production
Filming took place in Portland, Oregon.
Critical response
David Kronke of 'Variety' praised the film as a "handsome, intelligent and well-burnished production," and a "thoughtful and sensitive examination of how a family copes with grief." Terry Kelleher of 'People' compared the film negatively against the 1980 film 'Ordinary People'. Don Heckman of the 'Los Angeles Times' criticized the film's screenplay, noting "the presentation of these issues is far too calculated, and their solutions far too quickly accomplished. The scripts simplistic method of resolving what in real life would be significant emotional trauma is to provide a cathartic scene that almost immediately prompts a change in characters." Ron Wertheimer of 'The New York Times' praised the film, writing that "'Night Ride Home' has the courage to depict imperfect people who are walloped by a heartbreaking loss and emerge only slightly wiser and no more perfect than before. The centerpiece of the film... is the quietly disturbing performance of Rebecca De Mornay."
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