Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 11/25/2003
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Peter Pan
A shared affliction -- namely, breast cancer -- forges an unlikely friendship between two Southern women, ebullient young
Amber Collins (
Lauren Holly) and crabby, reclusive oldster
Betty Miller (
Faye Dunaway). As they join forces to battle and cope with their disease,
Amber and
Betty also end up helping one another with their respective romantic entanglements.
Tom Skerritt is cast as
Betty's faithless former flame,
Johnny Pinkley (now the self-styled Lothario of a nursing home), while
Ian Somerhalder plays
Amber's troubled -- and much younger -- amour
Jason Kelly.
Daniel Wright adapted the script of this independently produced movie from his own award-winning play
Colored Eggs (the film's working title), retaining the original's sizeable supporting cast of lovable eccentrics. Decked out with musical highlights by
Rita Coolidge,
Earl and
Randy Scruggs,
Jan Howard, and
Jeannie Seely,
Changing Hearts was given scattered theatrical release in 2002 before it was picked up for TV play by the
Lifetime cable network.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
