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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:04:45 PM ET
I just watched this.
Did anybody like this?
Jenn
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BrOaDwAy18
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7/24/2003 | posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:07:30 PM ET
I would love to see it but I can't find it anywhere~ did u see it on tv?
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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:08:53 PM ET
No-I bought a used copy from Amazon.com
I'm glad that it sparked a long-time friendship. That is very nice.
Jenn
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BrOaDwAy18
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7/24/2003 | posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:15:13 PM ET
ok cool i ll have to check it out when i get a little extra cash 
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 Christine-NYC
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Fav. BP Song: With So Little to be Sure Of
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Marie (insert last name) lol There's a few
Fav. BP CD: Bernadette Peters Loves Rogers and Hammerstein
| posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:19:49 PM ET
I bought my copy a couple of yeas ago (maybe 3 years ago) in one of those little Used VHS stores in Manhattan. It was like $8. 
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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:20:15 PM ET
If you want it,you can send me a PM.
Bernadette and Mary Tyler Moore were fine. It's just that I had issues with certain aspects of the storyline and the writing. I have personal experience and knowledge of one of the major issues in the storyline and I was literally yelling at the TV.
Jenn
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BrOaDwAy18
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7/24/2003 | posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:26:17 PM ET
Ah yes the joys of living in NYC ~ hopefully i'll be there myself in a few months ~ but maybe i'll look around for it next time i go ~ i m going to see gypsy in two weeks for the first time! Finally! So I'll get there early and see what I can find ~ o yeah do u guys know if theyre still selling the showpeople with bernadette on it in the store at the shubert? its impossible to find in nj.
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BrOaDwAy18
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7/24/2003 | posted: 9/6/2003 at 3:29:43 PM ET
By the way Christine ~ how's the rent prices in Manhattan? Getting higher still? I was thinking of trying to find a reasonable apt. there if I go to school there. (If I can afford one, that is)Figure even a tiny place that's in a decent area...what do u say the avg. rent is a month?
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Christine-NYC
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Fav. BP Song: With So Little to be Sure Of
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Fav. BP Character: Marie (insert last name) lol There's a few
Fav. BP CD: Bernadette Peters Loves Rogers and Hammerstein
| posted: 9/6/2003 at 4:08:06 PM ET
More than I can afford, that's for sure.
I would think a decent apartment (meaning not a lot of roaches and/or rats) would go for like $1200 per month. You can find some places for like $700 per month, but they are not always in the best neighborhoods.
I live on Staten Island (which is pricey as well), but perhaps someone who lives in Manhattan would have a better knowledge of current rent prices?
As far as my opinion of the movie....if you've never seen it, and don't want it spoiled, do not read the rest of my post:
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There was no reason for her to be sleeping with a married man. I guess they do that to maybe show that she was desperate for a relationship, but it really wasn't necessary. Her character would have been much more sympathized with if she had not done that.
The whole having a child and giving it up for adoption...semi-believable. The part that wasn't believable...all of a sudden he shows up right after she dies. Yes, I know that he hadn't been contacted before that, but come on; he knows where to find her burial ceremony? They didn't give any lead up to the son's appearance.
I thought it was strange that after she was diagnosed with cancer people started to be her friend. A real Docotor would not befriend a patient like that. It is unethical in the medical profession.
Now, after reading that everyone probably thinks I didn't like the movie; but I did. It's one of those sappy, good cry movies. Because as ridiculous as some of the story line is, when Mary's character is telling Bernadette's character to just let go....nobody with a heart wouldn't cry. And the fact that they lied to her and said it was Christmas. How sad 
Awww, now I wanna go watch it. LOL
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BroadwayBabyGal
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I saw it a month or two ago on TV. I cried my eyes out.
~*Jessica*~
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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 9/6/2003 at 4:26:18 PM ET
Don't read if you haven't seen this and don't want to know....
"There was no reason for her to be sleeping with a married man."
Agreed. Pointless. I began to question the movie when that nice shot of the guy's hand-with the wedding ring prominently displayed-tossing the key on the furniture came up.
"The whole having a child and giving it up for adoption...semi-believable."
Sure. A bit much for an hour long movie,but OK.
"The part that wasn't believable...all of a sudden he shows up right after she dies."
That's when I threw my latest Entertainment Weekly at the screen. The thing is,the whole movie was so predictable that I instantly knew who the couple was when the camera moved to them. And he knows which one of them was Wendy?
"A real Docotor would not befriend a patient like that. It is unethical in the medical profession."
I hadn't even thought of that. I was too busy with the adoption thing. Here's another thing: the convent's adoption policy was ridiculous. That would have been overturned long before Jane made her inquiry.
And she just shows up at her great-aunt's house,and her aunt doesn't even question why?
And who thought acting out the dream with the rats was necessary?
"The rats are after me!"
I laughed,and I felt so bad. I actually apologized to Bernadette,out loud. I don't want to laugh at any actor unless she/he wants the viewer to laugh,and I don't think she wanted anyone to laugh. At least she got a lovely friendship out of this deal. I can't hate the movie entirely.
In fact,my admiration for Bernadette and Mary Tyler Moore is much more after seeing this. They did very good jobs with a very bad storyline. It wasn't their fault. I'm sure Bernadette has acted with rats before,but not "real" ones.
Perhaps I expected too much. I bought Bobbie's Girl at the same time,and enjoyed that so much. It wasn't perfect,some things weren't believable (the kid never went back to school? How much time elapses in the movie? He justs hangs out around the pub? What happened to Bailey's career? You can't say she got too old-look at her! She's absolutely beautiful and acts like a Juilliard graduate. It doesn't sound like she quit out of entirely her own will,and it looks like she had quite the name. How did she end up in Ireland? Bobbie doesn't think the kid's not going to notice that she's had her breasts removed?) and it wrapped up a bit too neatly,but I thought it was terrific. I loved it. And that little boy was astonishing-forgive me,I don't know his name. Everyone in the movie was fantastic.
Jenn
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Christine-NYC
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Fav. BP Song: With So Little to be Sure Of
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Marie (insert last name) lol There's a few
Fav. BP CD: Bernadette Peters Loves Rogers and Hammerstein
| posted: 9/6/2003 at 5:05:42 PM ET
I definitely agree about Bobbie's Girl. Good movie, but they could have made it a little longer and explained how Bailey (and her brother) ended up in Ireland. I don't think the time period was very long from when she pulled him out of school. In the scene where she first meets him I believe she tells the man in charge that it was almost summer break or something. It wasn't necessary for him to be in school during the movie, so why bother. The child was too disturbed.
I really enjoyed that movie though.
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 hutchandsuch103
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washington, dc | posted: 9/6/2003 at 5:56:54 PM ET
Where can I get Bobbie's Girl at?
damn, she's cool.
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 Broadwaybaby17
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Alabama | posted: 9/6/2003 at 6:15:01 PM ET
Heh, heh, I love how you guys are overanalyzing a Lifetime movie! (not as a crack on you at all) Seriously though do you guys ever watch any other of these lifetime movies? If you wanna good laugh just watch one. They are all far fetched, predictable and can't just have one problem for an hour...they have to make them as complicated as they possibly can. Isn't there a new one coming out about a single mom whose kid is about to give up her virginity and in the midst her mom gets prgnate out of wedlock and they get in a fight about it? I mean come on! So for a lifetime movie I thougt "The Last Best Year" was a very good movie. I think people "became" her friend only because she just now allowed them to. Remember her character tried not to form attachments and such. It was a real tearjerker.
Bump it with a trumpet!
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Christine-NYC
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Fav. BP Song: With So Little to be Sure Of
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Marie (insert last name) lol There's a few
Fav. BP CD: Bernadette Peters Loves Rogers and Hammerstein
| posted: 9/6/2003 at 10:52:53 PM ET
And the funny thing is I love Lifetime movies. It's fun overanalyzing.
Some of my favortite Lifetime movies:
"The Face On the Milk Carton"
"A Face to Die For"
"Road Rage"
"David"
"My Daughter's Secret Life">>>about the HS girl who gambles.
"Invisible Child" Rita Wilson thinks her imaginary child is real.
"Visions of Murder">>Barbara Eden has visions...lol of Murder.
"An Unexpected Family"
"An Unexpected Life" lol gotta love when lifetime movies have sequels
"Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story" 4 hours long.
And, my all time favorite 4 hour long lifetime movie...."A Will of Their Own."
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BroadwayBabyGal
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I love Lifetime movies too.
~*Jessica*~
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