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Wesley Bishop (written by)
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3 November 2003 (USA) more
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Based on a true story. Patsy McCartle is a widow with two sons tring to gather all the money she has to pay for her car... more | add synopsis
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High-pitched true-life drama snatched from the headlines... more (7 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Diane Keaton | ... | Patsy McCartle |
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 | Frank Adamson | ||
| Lisa Best | ... | News Anchor |
 | Lothaire Bluteau | ... | Will |
 | Lynda Boyd | ... | Carrie Kilmer |
 | Fulvio Cecere | ... | Leeville Cop |
| Terri Cherniak | ... | Day Care Owner |
 | Sarah Constible | ... | Forensics Agent |
| Diana Earle | ... | FBI Receptionist |
 | Darcy Fehr | ... | Spider |
| Bill Finck | ... | Diner Man |
| Ernesto Griffith | ... | Security Guard |
| Brittany Hobson | ... | Girl on bus |
 | Marina Stephenson Kerr | ... | Pharmacist |
| Michael Lawrenchuk | ... | Wally Hall |
| Blu Mankuma | ||
 | Spencer Maybee | ... | Man #1 |
| Che Prince | ... | Background |
| Colin Roberts | ... | Kevin McCartle |
 | Michael Rooker | ||
 | Michael Seater | ... | Jason McCartle |
| Ron Small | ... | Old Man Floyd |
 | Jennifer Villaverde | ||
 | Courtney-Jane White | ... | Girlfriend |
| Derek White | ... | Patrick |
 | Ty Wood | ... | Nate Kilmer (as Tyson Wood) |
 | Jon Ted Wynne | ... | Bus Driver |
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Also Known As:
Breaking Through (cable TV title) (Australia)
Defending My Children (Canada: English title) (working title)
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USA:120 min (including commercials) | Brazil:86 min
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| Where was Lothaire Bluteau? | MadamFleur |
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Diane Keaton plays a widowed mother of two young boys (one of whom has serious asthma) working odd jobs but falling behind on the bills; after running into an old friend who seems to have lots of money on hand, Keaton goes on her first drug-run. Dealing Crystal Meth seems like a good solution for awhile, until the local drug lord has Keaton become a partaker to prove her worth. Serious subject matter is pitched too high, with jittery Keaton flaky and flighty, but without her charming edge (she's a walking nervous breakdown). The personalities of her two kids are unconvincing (as is their general dialogue and relationship with their mom), and the supporting characters as well never take shape. TV-movie has such a fuzzy narrative that I wasn't even sure which state it was supposed to take place in (I believe North Carolina, though it was filmed in Canada), and Keaton begins the movie as a cleaning woman but never returns to that job again. The tone of the film shifts jarringly in the second-half from character study to melodrama, a change which doesn't suit anyone here particularly well.