Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton is Frankie and Ingrid Uribe is Hazel, Frankie's neighbor and best friend. Frankie is an orphan who lives with her imperious grandmother, Phoebe (Joan Plowright), while Hazel lives with her father and older brother. Frankie's mother was a prima ballerina--killed in a car crash along with her father--and Frankie's been following in her toe shoes ever since. Although she's the best dancer in her class, she'd rather play baseball, whereas Hazel's a local activist who'd rather be mayor. The story strains credibility when 13-year-old Hazel runs for office against the middle-aged incumbent, but Frankie's goal is more understandable, and both actresses make their characters sympathetic and believable. It's as hard not to like them as it is not to root for them to succeed.
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25 people
Joan Plowright
Phoebe Harkness
Known for
101 Dalmatians
Dennis the Menace
Mischa Barton
Francesca 'Frankie' Humphries
Known for
The O.C.
The Sixth Sense
JoBeth Williams
Known for
Poltergeist
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Elisa Guest
Cis Corman
Ingrid Uribe
Hazel Perez
Mary Guilfoyle
Jennifer Bogart
Richard Yniguez
Antonio Perez / Carlos Perez
Known for
Boulevard Nights
Blue Thunder
Sheila Hockin
Edith Belmont
Hazel Perez
Mia Certic
JoBeth Williams Director · Elisa Guest Writer Jenny Bogart Writer
United States release October 8, 2000 · Produced in Germany, United States · Production Babelsberg Film, Showtime Networks
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Barwood Films
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Babelsberg Film
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Showtime Networks
Production · Distribution
Hallmark Entertainment
Production
Germany · United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 8, 2000
Theatrical
Finland
June 13, 2004
Germany
August 4, 2002
Hungary
April 20, 2005 · re-release
Sweden
April 12, 2008
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