A surprisingly restrained drama about modified surrogate motherhood, IMMEDIATE FAMILY pairs James Woods and Glenn Close as Michael and Linda Spector, an upscale couple unable to conceive a child. Lucy Moore (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Sam (Kevin Dillon), by contrast, are a struggling young
working-class pair of unmarried parents-to-be. Desperate to have a child, the Spectors arrange a brokered adoption with Lucy, agreeing to care for her during her pregnancy, after which she will turn the baby over to them. When her maternal instinct takes over, Lucy reneges, bussing back to Ohio
from Seattle with the infant in tow. That's not quite the end of the story, but IMMEDI...
Released:
1989
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
95 mins