She's No Angel (2002 TV Movie)
9/10
Lucky Liddy's Wish at the Morning Star Café
9 November 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The best scene in "She's No Angel" takes place at a diner where the kind proprietress gives a free meal and advice to young Liddy. Down on her luck and the victim of a recent assault, Liddy is told that if you make a wish and say it out loud, then it will come true.

Liddy has the greatest turnaround in her life that comes out of tragedy. When she is given a ride out of town by Sean Shawnessy and his new bride Catherine, Liddy is invited to try on Catherine's beautiful new wedding ring. But suddenly, Shawn takes his eyes of the road, and the vehicle tumbles down a ravine. The bodies of Shawn and Catherine are whisked away in the river, and Liddy survives the crash.

When Liddy awakes in the hospital, Shawn's angelic parents, Donald and Maureen, adopt her as a virtual daughter. Miraculously, Liddy starts a new life as a vintner at the family winery in Mission Vista. Shawn's best friend Jed falls hopelessly in love with Liddy. And then...everything begins to collapse when the nefarious creature Jackie returns to blackmail Liddy.

The filmmakers genuinely earned the "feel good" response Liddy as a modern Cinderella. One of the film's most fully realized characters was Maureen, who felt an overwhelming connection with Liddy because she believed that Liddy was a part of her late son's life and was carrying his child. Incredibly, Maureen's goodness did not even change when she learned the truth about Lucky Liddy. And also, Maureen can handle herself very well with a shotgun!
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