After a gymnastics accident leaves her paraplegic, 18-year-old Anna Morgan returns to high school. Because of time lost due to her injury and rehab, she is repeating her junior year, with her sister Beth. The film covers her adjustments to her new life, and her classmates' problems in dealing with her wheelchair. In a series of small vignettes, it also gives a picture of her family, good and bad, and her parents' efforts to support their kids while dealing with their own fears.
Acting
Lindsay Felton grounds the melodrama in genuine frustration.
Writing
Vignette structure lets side characters breathe.
Director
Colin Bickley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lindsay Felton was fresh off Nickelodeon's 'Caitlin's Way' — this was her grittiest role yet.
TV movies like this dominated early 2000s cable but rarely streamed; it's practically lost media now.
US
