La señora Lambert recuerda el amor

Ellen Burstyn and Walter Matthau are great this is a 1991 movie Tubi has wonderful movies thank you so not watching abc,cbs,nbc or fox or any 3 Hallmark channels,

"Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love" is a sad film and I decided to watch it because I love Walter Matthau's acting...and he's in this made for TV film along with Ellen Burstyn...a fine actress. However much I like these actors, I must admit that the film is difficult to watch...quite sad and one that might hit very close to home for many of you.

Jared is an 8 year-old boy who is being raised by his grandmother (Burstyn). However, the school has some concerns about the boy and the worry is that grandma is too elderly and a bit scatterbrained to be raising a child. But the other alternative is an uncle...and he's a nasty piece of work. So, to prevent the uncle from gaining custody (and selling Grandma's home) she takes the boy on a cross-country adventure. But the going is tough, as Grandma does show signs of dementia. As for Matthau, he's a family friend and knows what sort of man the uncle is!

The acting is very good...which makes the film very poignant and sad. After all, Grandma means well but she clearly isn't capable any more of caring for the boy...at least without some help. And, her mind is starting to slip very badly. This makes it a Kleenex movie...one where you keep some handy...just in case. Overall, it's a good movie...but a very painful one as well.

By the way, you might notice that Grandma's thinking gets more scattered during their trip around San Francisco. This is common in cases of dementia...and without familiar settings, the person tends to slip further and further away.

Ellen Burstyn stars as a grandmother in the early stages of dementia. She has cared for her grandson since his parents were killed in a car crash. When the school starts to notice odd behavior in the kid (Ryan Todd), social services starts to investigate. Granny and the kid hit the road and have a series of adventures mostly related to her failing memory and growing confusion.

Back home, a close friend (Walter Matthau) tries to intervene to keep social services from taking the kid, while Granny's daughter-in-law's creepy brother thinks he's going to get her money and house. He doesn't care about his nephew.

After confusing Salinas for Salida and almost out of money, Granny and the kid make it to San Francisco before she falls off the trolley and ends up in the hospital. Matthau arrives and marries her, in part to save the kid from the creepy uncle.

Busrtyn and Matthau are solid in a decent story about real-life problems, but the film is undermined by a bunch of bad actors in supporting parts, most notably the uncle and his cheap wife. My guess is that a lot of locals were also employed as actors.