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The sweetest thing about this film is the portrayal from a daughter's view of her parents' struggles with who they are and their relationships with each other. The ending dedication of the film is quite poignant. This film is a reminder of the ways our lives are thrown together and how that intertwines with the choices we make. This is a bittersweet love story on more than one dimension.

Honey West was cool, liberated, and above all, sexy. My first love on TV. She went off the tube almost as soon as I'd found her, and I had to subsist on a diet of Donna Reed, Doris Day, and other actresses that didn't have the same erotic spark.

As an "Edna Gladney baby" who has since located some relatives (you know, the Edna who made money and a name for herself in the adoption baby biz), I hyperventilated through this entire hilarious movie. And what a cast. Any average adoptee looking for Mommy and Daddy Goodbar will find this a romp! This film is more than a fabulous farce. Nowhere else can us bastard daughters and sons go to find an irreverent and uproarious look at the uncertainty, confusion, general malaise, and fantasy labyrinth we enter when considering who we are and from whence/whom we came. This film is one of the many other sides to depictions like "Blossoms in the Dust" of Greer Garson fame (based loosely on the Edna Gladney story).

Mel's dilemma is like so many - adoptive mom and dad are strange, and he's not sure where he fits in, but what to do with the unknown, especially after you know it? It's great fun poked at the adoption issue and a must-see for anyone who's out there searching for those pesky DNA-carriers.