A Place to Be Loved

*A Place to Be Loved*
A Place to Be Loved
	A video cover bearing the film's alternative title: Shattered Family
Genre	Biography; Drama; Family
Written by	Blair Ferguson
Directed by	Sandy Smolan
Starring	Richard Crenna; Rhea Perlman; Linda Kelsey; Cotter Smith; Joycelyn O'Brien; Tom Guiry
Music by	W. G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Beth Polson
Producers	Randy T. Siegel; Tiffany Hegerty (assistant producer)
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Production companies	Corapeake Productions; Procter & Gamble Productions; The Polson Company; World International Network
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 4, 1993

A Place to Be Loved is a 1993 American television film with Richard Crenna and Rhea Perlman. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title Shattered Family. The film is based on the story of Gregory Kingsley, who was the first American child to legally sever ties with a parent at the age of twelve.^[1] It was broadcast on CBS on April 4, 1993.

Plot summary[edit]

Gregory Kingsley is a boy who is abused by his father and placed with social services by his mother. The foster family he is put into proves to be the type of nurturing environment he needs. He ends up taking his mother to court to have her parental rights revoked, in the hopes of being adopted by his foster family.

Cast[edit]

Richard Crenna as George Russ
Rhea Perlman as Jerri Blair
Linda Kelsey as Liz Russ
Cotter Smith as Mike Caldwell
Cyril O'Reilly as Ralph Kingsley
Jocelyn O'Brien as Rachel Kingsley
Sam Anderson as Judge Thomas S. Kirk
Amy Aquino as Debby Hunter
Tom Guiry as Gregory Kingsley
David Lipper as Robert Russ
Michelle Collins as Julie

Critical reception[edit]

Todd Everett of Variety praised the performances of Crenna, Perlman, Kelsey, and Guiry.^[1] He said the "strongest feature of Blair Ferguson's script may be its clarification of complicated and precedent-setting legal issue", while its "weakest point is its black-and-white contrast of the Kingsley and Russ parents; we can almost see halos above the heads of George and Liz (Kelsey), as Ralph and (especially) Rachel Kingsley twirl their mustache".^[1]

External links[edit]

A Place to Be Loved at IMDb

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Everett, Todd (April 2, 1993). "Cbs Sunday Movie a Place to Be Loved". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2024.

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[Everett-1] Everett, Todd (April 2, 1993). "Cbs Sunday Movie a Place to Be Loved". Variety. Retrieved February 7, 2024.

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