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Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Metacritic45/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert GetchellScreenplay
- John ErmanDirector
- John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bette MidlerStella Claire
- John GoodmanEd Munn
- Trini AlvaradoJenny Claire
- Stephen CollinsStephen Dallas
- Marsha MasonJanice Morrison
- Eileen BrennanMrs. Wilkerson
- Linda HartDebbie Whitman
- Ben StillerJim Uptegrove
- William McNamaraPat Robbins
- John BellBob Morrison
- Ashley PeldonJenny (age 3)
- Alisan PorterJenny (age 8)