Matters of Life and Dating
| Matters of Life and Dating | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Based on | Up Front by Linda Dackman |
| Teleplay by | Nina Colman |
| Directed by | Peter Wellington |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Anton Sanko |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Michael Mahoney |
| Cinematography | Joel Ransom |
| Editor | Susan Shipton |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Lifetime |
| Release | October 22, 2007 |
Matters of Life and Dating is a 2007 American romantic comedy television film directed by Peter Wellington and written by Nina Colman, based on the 1990 memoir Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman by Linda Dackman. The film stars Ricki Lake as Dackman, who struggles to re-enter the dating world after being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction. Holly Robinson Peete and Rachael Harris also star.
The film aired on Lifetime on October 22, 2007.
Plot
Linda is a single woman who must re-enter the dating world after undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery due to cancer.
Cast
- Ricki Lake as Linda Dackman
- Holly Robinson Peete as Nicole Banning
- Rachael Harris as Carla
- Dylan Neal as Guy DeMayo
- Gabriel Hogan as Kevin
- Nigel Bennett as Errol Sager
- Noam Jenkins as Jacques
Production
The film is based on the memoirs of Linda Dackman.
Release
Matters of Life and Dating premiered on Lifetime Television on October 22, 2007, as part of the channel's "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" campaign.[3]
Reception
Kevin McDonough of the Intelligencer Journal criticized the film, writing that "It's hard to find fault with a movie trying to help women cope with a life-threatening illness, but Linda's plight might be more accessible if she weren't so darned successful and living such a fabulous two-double-latte-a-day existence and having to fend off so many handsome suitors."[1] A reviewer for the Akron Beacon Journal was also critical, as they felt that Lake's performance was one of the film's major flaws.[4]
References
- ^ a b McDonough, Kevin (October 21, 2007). "Lifetime takes on breast cancer". Intelligencer Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "My Bra commissioned as Breast Cancer Month anthem". Times Colonist. October 16, 2007.
- ^ Philpot, Robert (October 22, 2007). "The Night, like Cuban's dance card, is full". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
- ^ Heldenfels, Rich (October 21, 2007). "Acting hurts good story". The Akron Beacon Journal.
External links
- Matters of Life and Dating at IMDb
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