Winningham portrays Mary Frances Bodine, a plain Jane that, due to unfortunate circumstances dies, but is "resurrected" with the brain of North, who can only survive by having her brain transplanted into Winningham's body.
The movie deals with the dilemma that both husbands "Simon and Simon's" Jameson Parker as Julia's and Jonathan Banks as Mary Frances's must face as they adjust to the "new" woman in one's life and the "departure" of the wife in the others.
Of course the events of this film are highly impossible but it is saved by the always dependable Winningham. A brain transplant? FeverDog 8 November But the cable guide did give it three stars, and since I've always liked Mare Winningham so much that I even bought her CD I gave the movie a shot even though it was on the Lifetime Movie Network, home of hundreds of insufferably cheesy weepers.
At first I felt the movie should have been set in the future to make it more believable, but doing that would take a higher budget than a TV movie would allow, and after a while it didn't matter. It was very late when I started, so I decided to sleep on the rest of my thoughts.
But now it's almost a month later and I'm having trouble remembering where I was going with this review. Let's see what I can pull out of my own brain. The only thing that's coming to me is the end, when the husband of the donor pleads with Mare to It was the husband of the body of Mare with the brain of someone else because their son recognized her but she didn't know him.
Yes, that sounds right. Anyway, the husband was understandably distraught and was begging Mare to stay with them. I don't remember the specifics, but he got a little rough with Mare but quickly calmed himself down and accepted that his wife was gone, despite her body standing right in front of him. I think that was the end. Sorry this review couldn't be more helpful. I still recommend the movie, even though I don't recall why.
I loved this book. It's one of my favorites. I am normally disappointed with movie versions, but this one was done quite well.
The actors that they chose did a very good job of bringing this story to the screen. Mare Winningham is an outstanding actress in every role that I have seen her in. She made her character's pain obvious without being overdone.
Mason Adams Dr. Gordon as Dr. Tracy Brooks Swope Loni as Loni. Joel Colodner Dr. Carlson as Dr. Bruce French Dr. Haverford as Dr. Patricia Smith Marlene as Marlene.
John Hammil Dr. Lehman as Dr. George Cheung Dr. Cheung as Dr. Robert Lesser Dr. Stone as Dr. Walter Grauman. More like this. Storyline Edit. Problems ensue when plain Jane's husband continues to believe she is still his wife. Back in the hospital, as neither woman regains consciousness, the doctors make a quick decision: To put the living brain of Julia, whose body has been destroyed, into the still-functioning body of Mary Frances, who has been declared brain-dead.
There are, of course, some reservations. Who knows what God in His heaven thinks of all this? Before there is a chance for proper musing, all kinds of emotional unheavals erupt. A strikingly beautiful and wealthy woman is hit by a truck and is all smashed up and nearly killed. At nearly the same time, a very plain looking lower middle class woman simply faints and suffers brain death. The beautiful womans brain is fine, so, doctors merely transplant her brain into plain Jane.
Problems ensue when plain Janes husband continues to believe she is still his wife. She has no memory of him, and goes to live with the beautiful womans husband.
She doesn't mix well with her new socialite friends and family. Mirrors are emotional battlefields as well.
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