

The 80s TV movie that dared to say moms can be alcoholics too.
Acting
Ellie Cornell's brittle optimism masking total panic.
Direction
Robert C. Thompson lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Robert C. Thompson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 'disease model' TV movies in the late 80s that treated addiction as family systems failure rather than moral failing.
Ellie Cornell played the final girl in Halloween 4 the same year—Patty's survival skills here are creepily similar.
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