Ever notice how women in Lifetime and Hallmark movies are always forced to return to the small towns they escaped from -- only to learn that everything they needed in life was already there? Generally these life lessons are learned from (pick one) a dying, reformed, or Alzheimer's-afflicted mother, or -- if they tragically arrive too late -- from the diary of the now-dead mother. They are usually either all cheese or all schmaltz. Then there are the ones that comfortably straddle the fence very nicely between schmaltz and cheese, and even manage to make you cry. Take tomorrow night's "Sins of the Mother,...
- 2/20/2010
- by By LINDA STASI
- NYPost.com
Actress and R&B singer Jill Scott will be starring in Lifetime Movie Network's "Sins of the Mother." Scott, known for her role as Mma Ramotswe in HBO's "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency," will star in the story about the harsh realities of love, forgiveness and the bonds between mother and daughter.
The film is based on the novel "Orange Mint and Honey" by Carleen Brice. Scott plays reformed alcoholic Nona, who rediscover her relationship with her oldest daughter. Graduate student Shay Dixon, played by Nicole Beharie, who finds herself broke, burned out and unable to cope with the stress of school.
With nowhere else to go, she embarks on a journey home to Tacoma, Washington, to face her abusive, alcoholic, estranged mother. When she returns home, Shay finds Nona living life as a recovered and transformed alcoholic with a new daughter. Unsure of her mother's new life, Shay...
The film is based on the novel "Orange Mint and Honey" by Carleen Brice. Scott plays reformed alcoholic Nona, who rediscover her relationship with her oldest daughter. Graduate student Shay Dixon, played by Nicole Beharie, who finds herself broke, burned out and unable to cope with the stress of school.
With nowhere else to go, she embarks on a journey home to Tacoma, Washington, to face her abusive, alcoholic, estranged mother. When she returns home, Shay finds Nona living life as a recovered and transformed alcoholic with a new daughter. Unsure of her mother's new life, Shay...
- 1/21/2010
- icelebz.com
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