made for television

Rating: 2/10 (8 August 2005)

This movie had all the qualities of a made-for-TV movie starring Meridith Baxter-Birney. The clichés, the saccharin, and recycled tricks (Morgan Freeman voice-over, etc) all made for a "I've seen this movie before" feeling.
I believe the only thing that kept me watching this movie was the supposed twist or controversy that I heard exists at the end of the movie. ****SPOILERS TO FOLLOW*************** Boring. Boring, and not at all challenging. Why didn't they just place Meridith Baxter-Birney in the hospital bed? Why not display text on the screen prior to the credits reading, "based on a true story", and then proceed to provide some summary of what the people went on to do?
The experience of watching this movie was insulting.