The Good Mother
“Can a court determine how we should live, how we should love, how we should raise our children? Now Anna must prove that she is the Good Mother.”
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.
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Cast
33 people
Diane Keaton
Anna Dunlop
Known for
The Godfather Part II
Annie Hall
Liam Neeson
Leo Cutter
Known for
Schindler's List
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Jason Robards
W. O. Muth
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
Philadelphia
Ralph Bellamy
Grandfather Frank
Known for
Pretty Woman
Trading Places
Teresa Wright
Grandmother Eleanor
Known for
Shadow of a Doubt
The Best Years of Our Lives
James Naughton
Brian Dunlop
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
Planet of the Apes
Asia Vieira
Molly Dunlop
Known for
Omen IV: The Awakening
A Home at the End of the World
Joe Morton
Frank Williams
Known for
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Speed
Fred Melamed
Dr. Payne
Known for
WandaVision
Fargo
Katey Sagal
Ursula
Known for
Futurama
Sons of Anarchy
Margaret Bard
Aunt Rain
Also in
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
As Is
Nancy Beatty
Anna's Mother
Known for
Storm of the Century
Lars and the Real Girl
Leonard Nimoy Director · Michael Bortman Screenplay Sue Miller Author
Worldwide gross $4.8M · Budget $14M · United States release November 4, 1988
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Budget
$14,000,000
Worldwide gross
$4,764,606
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Portuguese
Release dates
United States · November 4, 1988
Theatrical
Brazil
January 15, 1989 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 7, 1989 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 17, 1989 · Theatrical
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