Burning Bridges

You gotta love Lifetime with all the good choices in movies to show. Some real life and others fiction. "Burning Bridges" was actually worth it. Meredith Baxter Birney, Nick Mancuso, and Derek deLint played their roles very well. Kick ass in fact. MBB is the wife and her husband is Mancuso. MBB has an affair with the married DdL and realizes she loves him more than her husband. Soon after that she has a nervous breakdown, checks herself into a hospital to get better and get her life in order. The nervous breakdown was sooooo great too! One of the best scenes. It's so much fun watching characters break down. What's interesting is that MBB's husband confronts her lover but he runs into his office like a little girl. Then MBB confront's her lover's wife and I was laughing so bad. Yes, there were some bitch fights and that was fantastic. The story flows from start to finish. You should watch this movie for yourself. It's worth it. 10 out of 10 stars!

At 1:12:44 Meredith Baxter's character "Lyn" cries out "I WON'T LIVE WITHOUT PASSION" and it made cry when I first watched this movie in 1990. I related to "Lyn's"pain so much. MB brought to life the reality of lacking love in a stale marriage, the loss of a forbidden love & then no more options of any kind of relationship. The movie BURNING BRIDGES is still so powerful today! I am now 56 yrs old & alone and this movie, MB's performance resonates just as much! Anyone who is going through a loss of self will be redeemed by this movie. Powerful theme, powerful performances. Such a shame this picture has never been seen by the masses. MEREDITH BAXTER has always been a good actress but in this movie she is GREAT!