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Custody of the Heart(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-08-28
42%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
A modern tale: a custody battle turned upside down.
Overview:
Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis takes on his new stay-at-home role, Claire's furniture design business takes off. Just as she's beginning to master the art of balancing her home and work life, Dennis serves her with divorce papers and charges her with being an unfit mother. Claire discovers that in a modern courtroom there are still traditional biases unsympathetic to the idea of a woman working three jobs, as a wife, an entrepreneur and a mother.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
BEI The Place Productions
Hearst Entertainment Productions
Susan Rose Productions
Movie: Custody of the Heart
Top 10 Billed Cast
Lorraine Bracco
Claire Raphael
Martin Donovan
Dennis Raphael
Dennis Boutsikaris
Nick Brody
Sheila McCarthy
Alice
Nancy Palk
Rona
Michael Cera
John 'Johnny' Raphael
Charlotte Arnold
Clara Kate 'Kiki' Raphael
David McIlwraith
Carter Petrie
Lori Hallier
Phoebe Harris
John Neville
Judge H. Chadwick
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Overview
Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis takes on his new stay-at-home role, Claire's furniture design business takes off. Just as she's beginning to master the art of balancing her home and work life, Dennis serves her with divorce papers and charges her with being an unfit mother. Claire discovers that in a modern courtroom there are still traditional biases unsympathetic to the idea of a woman working three jobs, as a wife, an entrepreneur and a mother.
Release Date
2000-08-28
Average
4.2
Rating:
2.1 startsTagline
A modern tale: a custody battle turned upside down.
Genres
Languages:
EnglishKeywords
boston, massachusettsmarried coupleseattle, washingtoncustody battlecouples therapycriticism and blamestockbrokerbest friendco-workers relationshiploss of jobdivorceseparationangerbusiness tripdivorce lawyerworking momawardhousehusbandunhappyout of worksick motherfamily courtbusinesswomansuccessfulfurniture store
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