If you saw this one with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, this will be a pleasant surprise!
Although I actually liked this version better! Those kids were adorable. I have never seen this actress before but I think she really bonded well with the kids and made this charming and convincing. What a great tribute to mothers and their needed touch. Home is where the heart is....even if it is a far cry from the luxury she was accustomed to.
Every time she conquered some social or domestic battle with flying colors, it seemed to punctuate and fit his prayers....a woman who "fell out of the heavens" or her lofty, spoiled spot to find a more rewarding life as a mother figure. Feminists might not like this part.
But when you look at the sort of guy he was and how fate/GOD engineered this to enhance both of their wayward lives you cant help but wonder......Good things happen to good people, if you can bear the short misogynistic phase. Relative to her uncle he labored dotingly over his nephews and when he saw her transform into this natural doting caretaker.......he relinquishes his most luxurious asset.....his bed.... to suffer pleasantly on that lousy couch! Watching both of them yield in some respect while maturing emotionally is what made this immeasurably priceless!!! I cannot even begin to describe some of the wonderful qualities and emotions that were stirred in this movie. Some of the altered details are what made this all the more wholesome and genuine. Spending 2 hours helped develop certain themes such as her new emotional bonds to the kids and the ah father. The rest of it was decrepit fluff I guess that is why it made you focus on the family more.