While The Baby Dance started out with stereotypical characters, I stuck it out till its powerful ending.
I am surprised that so many comments say that the film condones the adoptive family's decision to not take the baby. The shot of the baby without a name on its crib, seems to send the opposite message very strongly.
Unlike most TV movies, this film does not present idealized characters always doing the right thing. It is funny how viewers get so accustomed to that convention of TV movies that when something that when a film moves closer to the ambiguities of real life behavior, these viewers do not know how to respond.
Of course, this film is based on a stage play, which may explain its lack of adherence to the unwritten TV-movie code.
I am surprised that so many comments say that the film condones the adoptive family's decision to not take the baby. The shot of the baby without a name on its crib, seems to send the opposite message very strongly.
Unlike most TV movies, this film does not present idealized characters always doing the right thing. It is funny how viewers get so accustomed to that convention of TV movies that when something that when a film moves closer to the ambiguities of real life behavior, these viewers do not know how to respond.
Of course, this film is based on a stage play, which may explain its lack of adherence to the unwritten TV-movie code.