Sad Inheritance AKA Love, Lies & Lullabies
MPI (1993)
Drama
In Collection
#11139
0*
Seen ItYes
030306772196
IMDB   4.9
1 hr 35 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Allyce Beasley
Guy Boyd
Susan Dey
A.J. Johnson
Tim Kelleher
D.W. Moffett
Lawrence Monoson
Andy Romano
Lorraine Toussaint
Kathleen York
Director
Rod Hardy

this is a Lifetime movie, so don't expect too much. The topic has a good message however; Lorraine Touissaint portrays the social worker fed up with drug abusers; Dey is a former cocaine user whose baby is born addicted.

D.W. Moffett is the boyfriend, who tells her to just "get rid" of the baby; when she has the baby, she at least changes and learns a few lessons. The part where her baby is placed in a county home is sad, and we see how the system, once a child is in it, is NOT a good place to be.

Look for Piper Laurie (always excellent) as Susan Dey's alcoholic mother. The film has a few good moments, showing how denial functions in the alcoholic family; Drug abuse and alcoholism are sometimes connected; the mother has lived in denial all her life, tells Susan Dey she could never be a good mother to her child. Eventually Dey learns to control her life, overcome her addiction. The movie takes a few shortcuts, but it does have a decent message. 6/10.
Edition Details
Edition True Stories Collection
Release Date 9/27/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Price $7.99
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