Our Son, the Matchmaker

I appreciated the reality of the movie. My mother had a similar situation and was sent to live with her aunt. Outcomes are different but the love for child and care for one another the same. I think the actors chosen did a nice job portraying the story.

http://people.com/archive/our-son-the-matchmaker-vol-36-no-8/

This is a true story, as seen in the above link to the People Magazine article regarding this story.

It is a heart-felt story and a true one. My favorite kind.

The stories of young mothers being forced into adoptions that were "closed or private" in prior decades are many. Many children are still wondering where their biological parents are.

The guy who plays the son is creepy. His facial expressions, manner of speaking, and inappropriate smiles gave me the heebie-geebies...

And by coincidence I was originally from Indiana. I had a somewhat similar circumstance when I was a teen, and there was a guy back then I should have married and I didn't. I had a mother like the woman in this movie too. This movie shows how life's regrets can turn out. That is a good lesson to learn. It is a good TV movie. Nothing to be ashamed of. Even my husband was interested. Actors were good, especially Anne Jillian and Ellen Burstyn as the formidable mother who forces her teen to give up her baby. Movies do not always have to be about enormously serious or horrible subjects to have a good message! Consider this movie to be a slightly better than average made for TV movie with a subject that is credible to those of us who grew up in the 50s and 60s, when an unmarried teen was shunned more than you younger people can believe.

Wow! Probably one of the best Hallmark movies we've seen; albeit, ftom the 90s. Great acting from EVERYONE, especially Ann Jillian, and with a plot twist to boot. Our hearts were overjoyed even though we couldn't stop crying. All the people who rated this movie high were spot on. Brava!