Like mother, like daughter? When it comes to romance, single mom Jess Gradwell and her 15-year-old daughter Sara may have a lot more in common than they think. Intrigued by a hunky heart surgeon, Jess falls hard into a possibly unwise affair. At the same time, Sara is discovering her own longings and perhaps acting unwisely about a boy at school. Emotions are on edge in the Gradwell household. Jess and Sara clash over sexuality and morality. Then Jess makes a decision that will change both of them forever.
This is one of my favorite all-time "Lifetime" movies. Grant Show is HOT, HOT, HOT! My only complaint is that they haven't come out with the sequel on DVD yet, but I have it saved on my DVR while I wait for it. Gail O'Grady is a good actress also, and you can feel the chemisty between the two of them in this movie. This is one movie that I never get tired of! Thanks Grant! :)
December 28, 2007As I am a fan of Danielle Panabaker, any review of mine would be biased. As she is not in the sequel, I have no current intentiions of watching it. GVP
January 4, 2007I personally don't understand why you people are trashing this movie. It was very well written, and if any of you had actually seen it, you would see that she was trying to keep her daughter from making the same mistake that she did that way she wouldnt have to suffer the same heart aches and breaks. She was still her mother no matter what, just because she messed up once, does not give her daughter the right to be promiscuous. I agree with that. Those of you that have trashed this film, should have looked at the title more carefully. Hello! what were you expecting?
October 18, 2006 |  | born free as free as the wind blows |  |
i feel that Sex and the single mom was a opening film to relationshops.The bond between the mom and daughter was... fascinateing, But at points in watching I thought that they were lovers not mother and daughter. The film really spoke to me and gave me quite a lot to think about.
December 12, 2005In this movie, Gail O'Grady's character, [Jessica Gradwell] is a paralegal, and a single divorced mother who just can't seem to do certain things right, like keeping her nose out of her teenage daughter Sara's business. For example, peeking through Sara's private photos, and her relationships with boys. Sara (played by Danielle Panabaker), an aspiring photographer is annoyed by her mother's faults, bitchiness and nosiness. She becomes more furious when she finds out her mother, who always denied having a "boyfriend" had a six week fling with a phony character named [Alex Lofton] (played by Grant Show), a heart surgeon involved in a malpractice suit whom Jessica was interviewing at her employ. He was also married with kids, but said that he was getting a divorce (which might have been a lie). They deliberately started a relationship, and deliberately had sex. Then after a while, he said he was going back to his kids, and left. Then Jessica found out she was pregnant, and at first denied it to Sara when Sara found a pregnancy test kit in the trash. When Jessica finally fessed up, and said she was going to have, and keep the baby, Sara lashed out. She had every right to after being lied to, and lectured about sex. She left the house, and stayed with her father, Nick (played by Nigel Bennett) for a while, but eventually she and Jessica reconcilled their differences. Still, Jessica foolishly had the baby ( a boy unfortunately). She later decided to go to law school.
This is a movie about habitual liars who get away with sexual affairs.
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