Saint Maybe (Full Frame)

VHS, HALLMARK

Based on the bestseller by Anne Tyler ("The Accidental Tourist"), "Saint Maybe" is full of the quirky characters and wry observations on life that Tyler's fans have come to expect in her often funny and always moving novels. The Bedloes may be the perfect all-American family. Doug and Bee (Edward Hermann and Blythe Danner) live with their two sons on a quiet Baltimore street. Their oldest son, Danny (Jeffrey Nordling), turns their peaceful world upside down when he announces - out of the blue - that he's found the woman of his dreams, Lucy (Mary-Louise Parker), the divorced mother of two small children, and plans to marry her. Beautiful and full of life, Lucy quickly charms the entire Bedloe clan - except for Danny's younger brother, Ian (Thomas McCarthy), who never completely trusts her. When he voices his suspicions, he sets in motion an unsettling chain of events that transforms their lives forever. Seeking to make amends, Ian finds the Church of the Second Chance and its storefront minister, Reverend Emmett (Denis O'Hare). Thus begins Ian's difficult journey, which leads him to a valuable lesson: forgiveness is not automatic - it must be earned.