Product Details

• Actors: Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Tammy Blanchard, Tom Guiry, Jacob Pitts
• Directors: Peter Werner
• Writers: Joyce Carol Oates, Joyce Eliason, Nancy Dalton Silverman, Peter Silverman
• Producers: Andrew Adelson, Frank von Zerneck, Peter Sadowski
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00015HX1S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,859 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "We Were the Mulvaneys" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/23/2006 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars great movie, September 25, 2011

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carla speakes - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Were the Mulvaneys (DVD)

Unlike the other people writting this review.I liked this movie because it shows what happens when other people hurt someone.It dosnt just hurt one,but often many.The movie had great actors in it and showed how this family finally came back together.Although not without alot of changes

10 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A happy family is torn apart after an act of violence. Sad., April 24, 2004

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Linda Linguvic (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Were the Mulvaneys (DVD)

This 2002 TV movie is based on a Joyce Carol Oates novel that won some accolades a few years ago. I usually like Joyce Carol Oates and tried to read the book. But I was bored and just couldn't get into it. I always did wonder, however, how the story turned out. And so I was glad to see it was on DVD.

Starring Blythe Danner as the mother and Beau Bridges as the father, we first meet the Mulvaneys as a happy family with four teenage children. It's storybook happiness, the kind that doesn't happen in real life and now I know why I was bored with the book. And then, when something bad happens, it tears the family apart. In a matter of weeks, all the happiness goes down the drain and each family member suffers in his or her own way. The audience suffers too as this part goes on and on and on with one misfortune leading to another until several years pass and the father is dying. By now, everyone is miserable. But this seems to lead the family to reconciliation and a new beginning.

The film is pure soap opera and rather depressing. However, it moved quickly and I got involved in the story, wanting to see how it would all turn out. Later, I wondered what it was that held my interest and I think it was the way it was paced and the excellent acting although it doesn't even make the playing field of good film drama.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mulvaney overview, March 8, 2007

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Tabatha Morefield (ga) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Were the Mulvaneys (DVD)

I like the movie very well, it teaches many valuable messages I highly recommend