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A Long Way Home

Original title: Aftermath
  • TV Movie
  • 20032003
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
195
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Aftermath (2003)
  • Drama
Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
195
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Lorraine Senna
  • Writers
    • Jean Abounader(story)
    • Donna Kanter(story)
    • David J. Hill(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Meredith Baxter
    • Robert Urich
    • Diane Ladd
Top credits
  • Director
    • Lorraine Senna
  • Writers
    • Jean Abounader(story)
    • Donna Kanter(story)
    • David J. Hill(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Meredith Baxter
    • Robert Urich
    • Diane Ladd
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    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Meredith Baxter, Robert Urich, Shawna Waldron, and Michael Wayne in Aftermath (2003)
    Shawna Waldron and Michael Wayne in Aftermath (2003)
    Chad Michael Murray and Shawna Waldron in Aftermath (2003)
    Meredith Baxter and Robert Urich in Aftermath (2003)

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    Meredith Baxter
    Meredith Baxter
    • Carolas Carol
    Robert Urich
    Robert Urich
    • Jackas Jack
    Diane Ladd
    Diane Ladd
    • Motheras Mother
    Chad Michael Murray
    Chad Michael Murray
    • Seanas Sean
    Shawna Waldron
    Shawna Waldron
    • Tessas Tess
    Michael Wayne
    • Willas Will
    Kristin Woodburn
    Kristin Woodburn
    • Rainas Rain
    Joanne Robertson
    Joanne Robertson
    • Elizabethas Elizabeth
    • (as Joanne M. Robertson)
    Caitlin Cisek
    • Young Carolas Young Carol
    Billy Joe Patton
    • Carol's Fatheras Carol's Father
    Amy Savage
    • Mrs. Colemanas Mrs. Coleman
    Scott Spangler
    • Male Customeras Male Customer
    Spencer Dooley
    • Leonas Leon
    Anita Finlay
    Anita Finlay
    • Female Therapistas Female Therapist
    Mary Jo Cobb
    • Restaurant Patronas Restaurant Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Dale Ohnmeiss
    • Businessmanas Businessman
    • (uncredited)
    Dawn Rendell
    • High School Studentas High School Student
    • (uncredited)
    Jason Wozny
    • Store Clerkas Store Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lorraine Senna
    • Writers
      • Jean Abounader(story)
      • Donna Kanter(story)
      • David J. Hill(teleplay)
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    Storyline

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    Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
    • teenage daughter
    • husband wife relationship
    • mother daughter relationship
    • boyfriend girlfriend relationship
    • high school prom
    • 13 more
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    • Taglines
      • A Broken Family Gets a Second Chance...
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This film was the last movie role for Robert Urich, who died of cancer before its release.
    • Soundtracks
      Caffeine
      Written by Cherish Alexander

      Performed by The Painkillers

      Courtesy of Shine Records

    User reviews5

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    Daring movie
    This movie examines the fact that people who were abused by their parents are much more likely to abuse their own children. It takes a look at a family (mom, dad, teenage daughter and younger son) going through a crisis as the daughter accuses her father of sexually abusing her. The story follows the mother's therapy sessions and through this we find out that dad was an abused child and later on in the film that this was also the case with the mother. It's a daring movie especially because the abuser is not hidden away as he is in so many other movies we've seen about the subject. Robert Urich plays him as a wounded man who knows he did a terrible thing, but doesn't know what he can do to make it right again. Every gesture he makes towards his daughter is misinterpreted. Yet he has to learn to live with himself, as he fights his own demons. Meridith Baxter Birney plays the mother who can't believe she didn't know the man she loved dearly was abusing their daughter. She comes to understand her circumstances as she cries out to her own mother when she realizes she has "forgotten" her own abuse. The movie on a whole is slow and shallow and the 'technique' of filming the mother's therapy sessions as interviews makes it look fake. The daughter's feeling are not looked at in depth, but the focus on the parents makes the message come across.
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    • Trinity-66
    • Sep 7, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 10, 2003 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Lifetime TV
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aftermath
    • Filming locations
      • Phoenix, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • CBS
      • De Angelis Film Production
      • Victory 18. Film Production
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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