SYNOPSICS
The Perfect Mother (1997) is a English movie. Peter Levin has directed this movie. Tyne Daly,Ione Skye,Louis Ferreira,Tuesday Knight are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1997. The Perfect Mother (1997) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Since self-made immigrant Nico Podaras's death, widow Elenie runs his lucrative garage, with an illegal side business, generously using the profits to keep control of their three sons' lives. Simpleton Dan is happy to sire the crucial heir without hesitation to keep unruly, immature wife Charlene in line, but goes too far, so she absconds pregnant. Firstborn John gave up his dream, fishery, to work in the garage. When he marries Kathryn, she starts questioning and resisting Elenie's matriarchal manipulation, but bears her a grandson. The conflict escalates, leaving John torn between loyalties.
The Perfect Mother (1997) Reviews
Above-average TV-movie
It seems like "above average" is about the highest praise most of us will ladle out to a TV-movie, doesn't it? 'The Perfect Mother' can be described that way, though. It's sufficiently entertaining but not profoundly moving, about what one would expect from a good TV-movie. Tyne Daly is the title character here, and that's a good start, as she's well-known as a fine actress. When Ione Skye finds a guy she falls in love with and marries, of course she gets his family in the bargain, but she never counted on anything like mom-in-law. It appears that she is the ultimate control freak when it comes to her son, and this causes friction between her and the daughter-in-law. This war between the two escalates until the couple must break up, but by now the couple has had a child and grandma is not going to give up "her" family's grandchild so easily. The film, which has a startling conclusion, is based on a real-life case, showing us once again that fiction sometimes can't compete with reality. Justin Louis stars as Daly's son and Skye's husband, who is torn between his two families; and Tuesday Knight (yes, that's what it says) plays Skye's sister-in-law who's gotten the same treatment from 'The Perfect Mother.'
Major Kudos to Tyne Daly
If there was ever any question in your mind about what a terrific actor Tyne Daly is, you MUST see this movie. The themes of "every mother wants what's best for her family" and "only a mother knows what's best for her son" are taken to (sometimes unexpected) extremes. The movie had the potential to be predictable, but Daly's performance blew that possibility right out of the water. She scared the "heck" out of me (and I've always LOVED her)!
A shocking true story
Every time I see this film, I find it hard to belive that it's a true story. The plot about a mother who will do anything to protect her family is very deep. Tyne Daly gives a chilling performance. Ione Skye who's always good plays her role as the terried daughter in-law is top notch. Check it out.
Tyne Daly gives the performance of a lifetime.
I have rarely seen such a brilliantly performed and necessarily complicated portrayal of the 'bad guy'. Tyne Daly plays a powerful mother of two weak fully-grown sons and struggles to retain her hold over one of them when he gets married. Disturbing stuff.
Tyne Daly is chilling
I watched this movie again the other night and I forgot how excellent Tyne Daly played the part of the insane crazy mother in law from Hell.I was stunned again when in the end of the movie it says that the mother in law will get out of prison.I figured that she would get life without parole.I mean she had her daughter in law killed for no good reason except that her daughter in law was on to her dark schemes and the daughter in law did not want to be a part of the insane and violent family.Ione Skye was so sweet in the part of the daughter in law and I don't know the name of the actor who played her husband in the movie.I have seen him in other Canadian movies.Canadian movies are so good.I wish that American movies could be as good as Canadian productions.Check this movie out.For a made for TV production it is quite good.I Have This Movie.