
The Prince of Tides(1991)
A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.


“Can a court determine how we should live, how we should love, how we should raise our children? Now Anna must prove that she is the Good Mother.”
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.

Diane Keaton
Anna Dunlop

Liam Neeson
Leo Cutter

Jason Robards
W. O. Muth

Ralph Bellamy
Grandfather Frank

Teresa Wright
Grandmother Eleanor

James Naughton
Brian Dunlop

Asia Vieira
Molly Dunlop

Joe Morton
Frank Williams

Fred Melamed
Dr. Payne

Katey Sagal
Ursula
The Good Mother is a drama, romance film released in 1988 exploring themes of based on novel or book, custody battle, divorcee, sculptor, sexual liberation, piano. Directed by Leonard Nimoy, it stars Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards. After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.
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