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Scott Bakula, Elizabeth Perkins, Alison Pill, Margo Martindale, Anna Starnino ... see more see more... , Karen Woolridge , Jackie Laidlaw , Gloria Slade , Kyle Schmid , Sarah Gadon , Steve Behal , Tamara Hope , Peter Snider , Paulette Sinclair , Lauren Collins , Heather Allin , Ksenia Solo , Brent Eikhard , Trevor Huggett , Jonathan Luff , Noah Giffin , Ashley Leggat , Roz Michaels , Galen Dineen , Joanne Reece , Brian Twaites , Frank Blanch , Alexander Radin

Two young girls find themselves growing up fast when love and tragedy visit their mother in this made-for-cable drama based on the novel by Karin Cook. Elizabeth (Tamara Hope) and Tilden (Alison Pill)... read more read more... are sisters growing up in Atlanta, GA, with their single mother (Elizabeth Perkins). Elizabeth and Tilden's lives are turned upside down when Mama announces that's she's getting married to Nick (Scott Bakula), a man from New York whom they've never met. Nick turns out to be a good and understanding man, but while Elizabeth easily accepts him into the family, Tilden makes no secret of her distrust of her new stepfather. However, Tilden's feelings about Nick take a back seat in the family's list of priorities when Mama discovers she has cancer, and as Elizabeth, and Tilden try to deal with this crisis, they are forced to deal with the intrusive presence of their uncle. What Girls Learns was produced for the Showtime premium cable network, where it first aired on October 14, 2001. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Lee Rose

Release Date: October 14, 2001

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DVD Release Date: April 8, 2003

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  • dreamfaeries
    September 13, 2008
    dreamfaeries
    Good movie.
  • PinkMinkPrincess
    January 15, 2012
    PinkMinkPrincess
    :Pretty Good, didn't see this one coming, I was pleasantly surprsed by the Breast Cancer,Extended Family Movie about Love,loss,cynicism, and survival
  • CloudIsAMonkey
    July 21, 2009
    CloudIsAMonkey
    I watched this because Scott Bakula was in it, only I got jipped, because he has a mustache.

    Decent. I missed the first large portion, but all-in-all... it's one of those painfully realistic, tragic yet "hopeful" type films that has it's moments, and makes you think sometimes, ... read morebut doesn't have a whole lot of epicness. It also ends with no closure to bug us all.
  • lawlessart
    March 17, 2008
    lawlessart
    horrible, cheesy, over acted, and not worth the time. It's your stereotypical made for TV, Lifetime movie.

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Derek Smith
November 25, 2003
Derek Smith, Apollo Guide

Heavy-handed musical score, trite dialogue, hammy acting, and one-dimensional characters. Full Review

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