Resurrection (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writers:

Lewis John Carlino (story)
Lewis John Carlino (earlier screenplay)

Release Date:

15 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After a woman is crippled in an auto accident which killed her husband, she suddenly develops the powers to heal...

Plot Keywords:

Spinal Injury | Car Accident | Nose Bleed | Deafness | Healer

Cast

Dana Delany	...	Clare Miller
Brenda Fricker	...	Clare's mother
Nick Chinlund	...	Dr. Jake Sandler
Matthew Glave
Rita Moreno	...	Mimi
Mitchell Kosterman	...	Joe
Mathew Walker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Catherine Barroll	...	Dr. Holmes
Kaitlyn Burke	...	Beth
Pamela Calderon	...	Guisela
Ricky Cheung	...	Volunteer (as Ricky Cheng)
Ted Cole	...	Dr. Wiley
Glynis Davies	...	Andrea
Lois Dellar	...	Joanie
Merrilyn Gann	...	Abby
Lane Gates	...	Weinstein Boy
Dean Paul Gibson	...	Ira
Dana Grahame	...	Tech #1
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Mary
B.J. Harrison	...	Suzanne
Roger Haskett	...	Bob Stoner
Bynh Ho	...	Asian Boy
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Tech #2
Mari Klassen	...	Gillian
Simon Longmore	...	Security Guard
Monica Marko	...	Pam
Ryan Michael	...	Dr. Jones
Lachlan Murdoch	...	Rick (as Lachlan Murdock)
David Neale	...	Steve
Maggie Blue O'Hara	...	Sela (as Maggie O'Hara)
Alexander Pollock	...	Hollis (as Alex Pollock)
Avery Raskin	...	Mr. Weinstein
Tanya Reid	...	Lynn Pensky
Taylor Anne Reid	...	Firefighter girl (as Taylor-Anne Reid)
Glen Roald	...	Husband
Margaret Ryan	...	Madeline
Ted Stuart	...	Kid
Sonny Surowiec	...	Actor
John R. Taylor	...	Dr. Jordan
Elizabeth Urrea	...	Mrs. Mendoza
Cathy Weseluck	...	Hospital P.R. Woman
Hai San Wu	...	Asian Mom
Donna Yamamoto	...	Nurse #2

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12

Company:

Alan Barnette Productions

Movie Connections:

Remake of Resurrection (1980)

Warning - It's A Film For Females

Clair Miller and her husband are driving along the road one day minding their own business when they're involved in a accident that maims Clair for life and kills her husband . After being told she'll never be able to walk again Clair shocks everybody by walking again . Even more shocking Claire claims she has healing powers that can cure other people

I went in to this film with a vague knowledge of the plot and even though I knew this was a TVM expected it play out in a similar manner to Stephen King's story THE DEAD ZONE . Can you blame me for thinking this ? After all when someone has the supernatural powers to improve the well being of human beings there's many , many people to want to exploit this and I was hoping we'd see a morality tale , something like the episode called Girl Of My Dreams from the 1960s anthology series JOURNEY TO THE UNKNOWN , but what I got was a very average female friendly TVM that I have seen far , far too often . There's a romantic subplot and lots of arguing with mom and weepy scenes with sick kids and there's even a scene with a litter of puppies while there's no scenes with a mercenary villain or a bitterly ironic ending where the bad guy gets everything he deserves for being greedy . And before you ask there's no men claiming they're impotent and could Clair place her healing hands upon them

To be fair there are a couple of good points like Clair's healing powers having a scientific rationale . All too often in these type of stories there's either no explanation at all for the healing hands or it's all explained via vague mystical nonsense but here it's down to human evolution and DNA . There's also a very spectacular car crash the likes of which I haven't seen in very many big budget Hollywood movies never mind a TVM so at least the stuntmen earned their fees with this production