What Makes a Family (2001)
- Directed by
- Maggie Greenwald
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman fights to regain custody of her young daughter after the child's grandmother challenges her parental rights. The story follows her legal battle and the emotional toll it takes on her family.
emotionalheartfeltseriousslowpersonalsadhopefulreflective
What happens
What Makes a Family is a 2001 American drama television film directed by Maggie Greenwald, written by Robert L. Freedman, and starring Brooke Shields, Cherry Jones, Anne Meara, Al Waxman, and Whoopi Goldberg. The film premiered on Lifetime on January 22, 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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