User reviews

I am an adoptee, and this movie was the final factor in helping me decide that I was ready to find my family.

I saw that movie when it aired on NBC and launched my journey of finding my birth-family. A few months later, I was reunited with my birth mother and father, EIGHT older siblings, TWENTY nieces and nephews (I now have twenty-four)...and since then, I've gained four great nieces.

This movie really helped me see things from other perspectives than my own as an adoptee. I saw what my mother or siblings might be wondering about me and knew that it was time I searched for them.

I've never seen this movie aired since then...I hope NBC or maybe Lifetime or something decides to air it again someday so I can tape it and show my family the movie that changed my life!

A true story of a mother's search for the child she lost to adoption. It was a much gentler story than most reunions, but it was realistic in many ways.

While certainly not a classic film, or even necessarily a very good movie, this is an excellent, accurate portrayal of the pain of losing a child to adoption. Anyone who has been touched by adoption should be required to see it. (The book, by the way, IS a classic.)

While the premise of the movie was uplifting and even possibly motivating, the execution was extremely slow and lacking. What was a 2 hour movie could have been completed in about 45 minutes, including commercials, if the fodder was removed. If you aren't looking for a movie that will reach out and grab you, but want a movie that is soothing and an interesting "watch", then you will enjoy this movie.