Product Details

• Actors: JoBeth Williams, John Shea, Bruce Weitz, Robin Strasser, Anne Jackson
• Directors: James Steven Sadwith
• Writers: James Steven Sadwith
• Producers: Gordon Freedman, Ilene Amy Berg
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: January 7, 1997
• Run Time: 128 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304312288
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,620 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must see!!, September 3, 2009

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SLT - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby M [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have always liked this movie. This story is about a couple for New Jersey wanted so much to have a child they would do anything to have it happen. Bill and Betsy Stern couldn't have their own natural child do to Betsy's medical condition. I can't understand why people where so hard on Betsy that she didn't want to risk her health to try to have a baby. If the risk was faced with anyone, i believe anyone would feel the same way. I believe that Mary Beth Whitehead started off with good intentions, but she did so many horrible things to the family after the baby was born. The Sterns tried so hard to help her and even gave the baby to her for "one week" But she never attended to return the baby to the Sterns and fled to Florida and didn't contact them for weeks, according to the movie. When the Sterns finally got the baby back, they had to go through a horrible court case. So, I recommend watching this movie. The way I would summ up this movie is a quote that is in the movie near the end. "Everyone talks about mother's rights, What about Father's rights??"

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Drama!!, February 2, 2005

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viewer (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby M [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This drama is based on the 80's court case between the custody of a baby between the surrogate mother and their adoptive parents.It's a must see!!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Slant?, November 9, 2005

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Jill R. (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baby M [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I actually think the slant in this movie was toward Mary Beth-- her story seemed to get far more screen time and detail then the Sterns' story did. One thing I found odd though was the fact that Mary Beth (JoBeth Williams) had her head covered during the baby's baptism. Almost NO Catholic women still covered their heads in church by the mid-1980s!