Product Details

• Actors: Maureen Stapleton, Edward Herrmann, Robert McNaughton
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: English
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: LCA
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001CKHR8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,878 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Plot Summary for Electric Grandmother, The (1982) (TV) To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper...

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me cry, September 29, 2005

By	Allan W. Horbach "Allan" (Osan Air Base, Korea) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Ever see a happy ending that makes you force tears back? Well, Electric Grandmother is that movie that does it for me. I don't know what buttons are being pushed but pushed they are. I even watch this movie quite a few years ago to prove to myself that I wouldn't shed movie-tears. Dismal failure. With that said, this is an excellent movie that really does justice to the written fiction of Ray Bradbury translated to the screen. Highly recommended!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A heartwarming movie, February 4, 2004

By	Sarah Roth (Fort Mill, SC United States) - See all my reviews

I love this movie. It is a wonderful children's movie and even adults will like it too.
You will feel good after this movie.. Make sure you have some kleenex.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have seen it dozens of times, March 14, 2006

By	D. Buchalter (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I heard that Maureen Stapleton passed, I immediately remembered her as her character in this movie. My brother and I watched this movie over and over and over when we were 4 and 7 years old, respectively. It is touching and appropriate, a wonderful, timeless family classic. We later found out that it was filmed at a house in the town where we lived, so any time we drove past the house, we excitedly pointed out the "Electric Grandmother House" to anybody within earshot.