Absolute Strangers
NR
5.9
1991
1 hr 36 min
Drama
, TV Movie
A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.
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- Cast:
- Henry Winkler , Patty Duke , Richard Kiley , Audra Lindley , Karl Malden , Jennifer Hetrick , Jayne Atkinson
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Reviews
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
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The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
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One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
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.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
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