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Matters of Life and Dating
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Wikipedia article
'Matter of Life and Dating' is a 2007 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Peter Wellington and starring Rachael Harris, Ricki Lake, and Holly Robinson Peete.
Plot
Linda is a single woman who must re-enter the dating world after undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery due to cancer.
Cast
* Ricki Lake as Linda Dackman
* Holly Robinson Peete as Nicole Banning
* Rachael Harris as Carla
* Dylan Neal as Guy DeMayo
* Gabriel Hogan as Kevin
* Nigel Bennett as Errol Sager
* Noam Jenkins as Jacques
Production
The film is based on the memoirs of Linda Dackman. Lifetime approached songwriters Kara DioGuardi and James Poyser to write a song, "My Bra" performed by Ma, for the film.
Release
'Matters of Life and Dating' premiered on Lifetime Television on October 22, 2007, as part of the channel's "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" campaign.
Reception
Kevin McDonough of the 'Intelligencer Journal' criticized the film, writing that "It's hard to find fault with a movie trying to help women cope with a life-threatening illness, but Linda's plight might be more accessible if she weren't so darned successful and living such a fabulous two-double-latte-a-day existence and having to fend off so many handsome suitors." A reviewer for the 'Akron Beacon Journal' was also critical, as they felt that Lake's performance was one of the film's major flaws.
References
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