Product Details

• Actors: Peter Strauss, Mary McDonnell, Michelle Trachtenberg, Yvonne Zima, Susan Hogan
• Directors: Christopher Cain
• Format: Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Feature Films for Families
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0016GKF9I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,199 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great family movie, October 29, 2009

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The Irish Lady (Glendale, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Fathers Choice (DVD)

Been looking for this movie for a while. I'm so glad I can find these "hard to find" movies on Amazon. The whole family saw this a couple times before I decided to look for it. I should say it has to touch some place in the heart when two 20-something men/boys actually tell Mom to find it. It's really nice that there are still movies out there with no gunfire, excessive swearing and show some family togetherness. I liked how emotional distance is bridged as the two girls start to see their father through kinder eyes than through those of the bitter aunt and her family. Sure, some of both girls acting is immature, but the meanings and feelings do translate. I also love just about any movie that Mary McDonnell is in. Give this movie a hearty hurrah!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Father's Choice, March 9, 2010

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J. Bremer (MN) - See all my reviews
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This was an excellent DVD. For young children the initial scene may be considered slightly violent. The story is from a true life story and the acting was good. It was not a high action DVD.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A story for the times we live in, December 8, 2009

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E. Ryan "Irish Girl" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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I really enjoyed this movie - it's a modern tale of a marriage gone wrong and when the parents split up the father misses out on the joy of being an equal partner in the raising of his children. A word of caution, the scene at the start of the movie where the mother is brutally shot would be very disturbing for young children. I watched this with my ten year old niece and she was quite upset by it - particularly as the movie is based on a true story. Lovely to see the relationship develop between the two young girls and their estranged Dad and the realisation on the part of the girls that you don't need to live in a big house and have fancy clothes and gadgets to be happy!! Recommended.