Sex & the Single Mom (2003) (TV)

Director:

Don McBrearty

Writer (WGA):

Judith Paige Mitchell (written by)

Release Date:

8 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

She's doing everything she told her daughter not to do.

Plot:

A single mother has to come to terms with her own hypocrisy when she carries on an out-of-wedlock affair while preaching celibacy to her teen daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Affair | Single Mother | Sex | Teen | Doctor

Cast

Gail O'Grady	...	Jess Gradwell
Grant Show	...	Alex Lofton
Danielle Panabaker	...	Sara Gradwell
Maria Ricossa	...	Deena
Nigel Bennett	...	Nick Gradwell
Joshua Close	...	Tyler
Kyle Schmid	...	Chad
Barbara Gordon	...	Valerie
Shelley Thompson	...	Alyssa
Stacey Smith	...	Emma
Heather Blom	...	Leeza
John Maclaren	...	Harrison
Cindy Sampson	...	April Gradwell
Geordie Brown	...	Frankie
Jamie Bradley	...	Howard

Runtime:

USA:120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Alexander/Enright & Associates

Goofs:

Continuity: During the dinner scene with Jess and Alex, Jess takes a sip of her wine and places the glass back on the table, which causes the wine to move in the glass. In the next shot, the wine is completely still like the glass was never moved. And then in the next shot, the wine is slowly moving after being placed down.

Quotes:

Jess Gradwell: My heart is broken, but I'm alive, and he did that. And when you're alive, you feel pain. Those are the rules.

Movie Connections:

Followed by More Sex & the Single Mom (2005) (TV)

Only half the story

I watched 'More Sex & The Single Mom' on TV, and was curious about what went before. Fortunately, I was able to purchase 'Sex & The Single Mom' on DVD from the Amazon Marketplace at a reasonable price, which caused me no regrets after it was viewed.

This is not a salacious movie to titillate voyeurs. If I thought that was the case, the DVD would have been of no interest to me. Rather, it tells a tale of the natural desires and specific temptations faced by a divorced mother and her daughter. The key to my enjoyment of a movie of this nature is that the characters are both likable and plausible. Those criteria were more than adequately met. However, as a firm believer in marriage, no premarital sex and 'until death do us part', this movie does raise issues for me. Since judging others is not for us, but is God's prerogative, I will be pleased to watch this film again when time permits, especially as there was no noticeable bad language as far as I can remember.

I am glad I came to this after watching the subsequent events, as this film would have ended too inconclusively for my liking otherwise. 'Sex & The Single Mom' is clearly Part 1 of a bilogy. (! See my comment for 'More Sex & The Single Mom')