
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Cast

Meryl Streep
Kate Gulden

Renée Zellweger
Ellen Gulden

William Hurt
George Gulden

Tom Everett Scott
Brian Gulden

Lauren Graham
Jules

Nicky Katt
Jordan Belzer

James Eckhouse
District Attorney

Patrick Breen
G.A. Tweedy

Gerrit Graham
Oliver Most
David Byron
Senator Sullivan

Stephen Peabody
Harold

Lizbeth MacKay
Dr. Cohen
Mary Catherine Wright
Clarice

Sloane Shelton
Evelyn Best

Michele Shay
June

Bobo Lewis
Muriel

Marylouise Burke
Louisa

Marcia Jean Kurtz
Marcia

Diana Canova
Diana

John Deyle
Santa / Mayor

Hallee Hirsh
Ellen - Age 8

Jeffrey Scaperrotta
Brian - Age 4

Todd Cerveris
Casey

Anna Carolina Alvim
Nurse Teresa

Julie Janney
Hospital Nurse
Susan Stout
Tweedy's Secretary
Greg Hedtke
Magazine Executive
Christian James
Magazine Executive

Lauren Toub
Halloween Girl
Ashley Remy
Halloween Girl

Saul Williams
Graduate Student

Julianne Nicholson
College Student
Amber Kain
College Student
Yolande Bavan
Nari
Benjamin Andrews
Party Kid
Kathryn Walsh
Party Kid
Crew

Carl Franklin
Director
Karen Croner
Screenplay
Anna Quindlen
Novel

Carole Kravetz Aykanian
Editor
Declan Quinn
Director of Photography
William W. Wilson III
Executive Producer
Leslie Morgan
Executive Producer

Jesse Beaton
Producer
Harry J. Ufland
Producer
Paul Peters
Production Design
Richard Pagano
Casting

Donna Zakowska
Costume Design
J. Roy Helland
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Colleen Callaghan
Hairstylist
Sharon Ilson
Makeup Artist
Hugo Weng
Sound
Jeffrey Wilhoit
Sound

Cliff Eidelman
Original Music Composer
Elaine O'Donnell
Set Decoration

Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration

Jerry Mitchell
Choreographer
Jefferson Sage
Art Direction



















