Other than the character of the sister played by Kelli Williams, everyone in this movie is very nice. Candice Bergen is a widowed bookstore owner who hasn't allowed herself to fall in love since the death of her husband, still greatly in morning of him and her late mother. An accident in her garden leads her to ask neighbor Tom McCarthy (who was responsible in the first place) to work for her on Saturdays, and after spending some quality time with him, begins to develop feelings. McCarthy is developmentally disabled, unable to read and think as a mature adult, and thus, he has been coddled by his family his entire life. When his mom dies suddenly, father Richard Kiley decides to ask Bergen to be his son's guardian after he passes on, which ticks the suspicious Sister Williams off and brings out her controlling nature. Bergen thanks that's a relationship doesn't have a chance of surviving, but McCarthy is not about to give up on her.
An American version of the 1978 Mel Gibson film "Tim", this asks the audience to suspend disbelief that the former Murphy Brown would allow herself to get involved with a younger man with the problem is that he has that aren't always easy to deal with as his emotions are either strongly on the surface and very intense or practically absent. He's very handsome and often smart in a way that his family doesn't see, and once Bergen teaches him how to read, a whole new world opens up for him. Louise Latham as Bergen's partner at the bookstore and Maureen Mooney as her nosy bestfriend are very good, and Kiley's voice is melodious without singing about impossible dreams. As Williams character gets a lot more aggressive and openly hostile to Bergen, she becomes intolerable to watch and is the only negative aspect of this very pleasant TV film. I don't know that's such a relationship couldn't survive, but it does give the message that you only have one life and you need to be willing to take the chance.
An American version of the 1978 Mel Gibson film "Tim", this asks the audience to suspend disbelief that the former Murphy Brown would allow herself to get involved with a younger man with the problem is that he has that aren't always easy to deal with as his emotions are either strongly on the surface and very intense or practically absent. He's very handsome and often smart in a way that his family doesn't see, and once Bergen teaches him how to read, a whole new world opens up for him. Louise Latham as Bergen's partner at the bookstore and Maureen Mooney as her nosy bestfriend are very good, and Kiley's voice is melodious without singing about impossible dreams. As Williams character gets a lot more aggressive and openly hostile to Bergen, she becomes intolerable to watch and is the only negative aspect of this very pleasant TV film. I don't know that's such a relationship couldn't survive, but it does give the message that you only have one life and you need to be willing to take the chance.