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Better Living (2000)

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starring:
Olympia Dukakis, Roy Scheider, Edward Herrmann, Deborah Hedwall, Catherine Corpeny, Wendy Hoopes, James Villemaire, Phyllis Somerville
director:
Max Mayer
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Rating: NONE
Release Date: Aug 4, 2000
Running Time: 95 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
The story of a family living in New York suburbs struggling to stay together in the absence of the father, Tom, who disappeared fifteen years earlier without a trace. The lives of Nora, Tom's wife, and their three very unique headstrong daughters are suddenly interrupted with Tom's reappearance, especially since he has come back with some rather peculiar plans.
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Max Mayer
Director
Max Mayer
screenplay
George F Walker
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George F Walker
screenplay
Ron Kastner
Producer
Lemore Syvan
Producer
Max Mayer
Producer
Melissa Marr
Co-Producer
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A long-lost father's homecoming quickly unglues his family -- and this ill-conceived comedy-drama.

Story

Nora (Olympia Dukakis) is bonkers enough to jackhammer tunnels beneath her suburban home while her three adults daughters (Deborah Hedwall, Catherine Corpeny and Wendy Hoopes) are only marginally more stable. Then patriarch Tom (Roy Scheider) shows up after a 15-year absence with wild ideas about fortifying the homestead against attacks from the world's unfortunate. Who will triumph in the… Continued