Samantha was by any measure a very precocious girl. Always getting into some bind, like the time she had her friend Henry handcuff her in a chained trunk and pushed into the family swimming pool, "If Houdini can do it, I should be able too also." Or the time, dressed in a Supergirl costume tried to fly out the family tree and plunged straight to the ground. Samantha was smart and talented, a violinist.
Everything spins out of control when she finds out she was adopted. She leaves home, she doesn't think she belongs there, and becomes a guest of Henry, who says, "Sam, as long as you're going to stay here please don't run around naked. No, it doesn't bother me, just don't do it anymore." As she tries to make sense of her new situation and find her real parents. She carries a male and female mannequin with her, lectures them as her surrogate birth parents she never knew.
Then she realizes how rash she has been, throws away the mannequins, goes home, apologizes for her rudeness, and decides that life is pretty good after all. She even tells Henry, "I love you, and you know you love me too." Henry says, "yes, I do ... like a sister. And I like it that way." Meanwhile Henry's jealous girlfriend finds a baby hospital wrist tag "Helen Otto" in the old wicker basket baby Samantha was found in, and makes sure Samantha finds it. Getting a birth certificate, Samantha tracks down and surprises her birth parents, who were all smiles to see her, and calmly told her "Oh children were not in our plans, when you came along we just wanted to make sure we gave you to a nice family. What are you, about 18 or 19 now? Oh, 21, yes I remember, that's the year we bought the Astin-Martin."
All ends well, Henry and Samantha play the recital, and she realizes how well she has it with her "real" parents. Art and life often imitate each other. Martha Plimpton was born Martha Carradine, an out of wedlock child conceived in 1969 when her father (Keith Carradine) and mother were in "Hair" on stage. Later she took her mother's maiden name, Plimpton. Martha is one of the finer young female actors, delightful in films like "Running on Empty" and "Music From Another Room."
"Samantha" is a delightful movie, worth a watch.
Everything spins out of control when she finds out she was adopted. She leaves home, she doesn't think she belongs there, and becomes a guest of Henry, who says, "Sam, as long as you're going to stay here please don't run around naked. No, it doesn't bother me, just don't do it anymore." As she tries to make sense of her new situation and find her real parents. She carries a male and female mannequin with her, lectures them as her surrogate birth parents she never knew.
Then she realizes how rash she has been, throws away the mannequins, goes home, apologizes for her rudeness, and decides that life is pretty good after all. She even tells Henry, "I love you, and you know you love me too." Henry says, "yes, I do ... like a sister. And I like it that way." Meanwhile Henry's jealous girlfriend finds a baby hospital wrist tag "Helen Otto" in the old wicker basket baby Samantha was found in, and makes sure Samantha finds it. Getting a birth certificate, Samantha tracks down and surprises her birth parents, who were all smiles to see her, and calmly told her "Oh children were not in our plans, when you came along we just wanted to make sure we gave you to a nice family. What are you, about 18 or 19 now? Oh, 21, yes I remember, that's the year we bought the Astin-Martin."
All ends well, Henry and Samantha play the recital, and she realizes how well she has it with her "real" parents. Art and life often imitate each other. Martha Plimpton was born Martha Carradine, an out of wedlock child conceived in 1969 when her father (Keith Carradine) and mother were in "Hair" on stage. Later she took her mother's maiden name, Plimpton. Martha is one of the finer young female actors, delightful in films like "Running on Empty" and "Music From Another Room."
"Samantha" is a delightful movie, worth a watch.