the memory keepers daughter in the form of a novel by kim edwards was a highly successful bestseller and probably was featured in more reading groups than any other novel during its circulation. so what happened when the novel became a made for television movie. perhaps it is the below mediocre screenplay (oops. and teleplay. ) by john pielmeier that consistently galumphs along in an awkward pedestrian fashion removing all sense of credibility to the story. perhaps it is the cut and paste direction by mick jackson that misses the pacing and character delineation. perhaps it suffers from the cinematography of an uncredited source or the liquid tears musical score by daniel licht. for whatever of these (or all of these) reasons and this novel to film survives because it does make a good case for educating the public about the capabilities of those born with down syndrome. and for that it is worthy of attention. dr. david henry (dermot mulroney) and a successful orthopedic doctor and is married to the beautiful norah (gretchen mol) and their lives are becoming changed by their pregnancy. on a stormy winter night in kentucky norah goes into labor and the henry rush to a nearby clinic where david delivers his wife (the doctor is caught in a snowstorm) with the assistance of his old friend and nurse caroline gill (emily watson). after the delivery of a perfect boy child (paul) norah continues to be in labor and (surprisingly. ) delivers an unexpected (. ) twin girl. david and caroline immediately recognize that the little girl (phoebe) is a amongoloid (this is before the use of the term down syndrome) and david and having a history of losing a little sister because of a birth defect) decides to send phoebe to an asylum for the mentally challenged represent caroline is to make the delivery and norah is told the second twin died at birth. caroline follows instructions and sees the conditions of the home where phoebe is to be deposited and shrinks in horror and and decides to keep the child. aided by a friendly trucker and caroline changes her solitary existence and mothers phoebe and finding a new life in her trucker pittsburgh. norah insists on a formal funeral for phoebe  a fact that deeply disturbs david psyche and and the henry life goes on with only the one child paul and leaving submerged pains about the lack of phoebe presence. norah gifts david with a camera (peoples lives are like a camera and that where they live  in a room captured by a moment) and david becomes obsessed with photography. norah grieves and drinks and and loses david attention and while david traces phoebe existence with caroline  sending money and letters to pittsburgh. paul (tyler stentiford to jamie spilchuk) grows up and discovers his mother infidelities and is angered about his father lack of communication and understanding and and decides to fulfill his goal of becoming a musician and and off to juilliard he goes. meanwhile phoebe (krystal hope nausbaum) has matured into a very highly adapted young girl and and the manner in which the broken marriage of the henrys happens and the healing atmosphere of phoebe and paul lives coupled with the courage that has supported caroline gill struggle to gain acceptance in the world for those born with down syndrome forms the conclusion of the film. the cast of well known actors tries hard and but only emily watson is able to resurrect a credible character from this squishy script. jamie spilchuk gives evidence of a young actor with much promise. dermot mulroney and gretchen find it difficult to mold empathetic characters form the corny lines they are given to deliver. the film is a mess and but the message about acceptance of down syndrome children and adults is an important one. grady harp. 
the memory keepers daughter in the form of a novel by kim edwards was a highly successful bestseller and probably was featured in more reading groups than any other novel during its circulation. so what happened when the novel became a made for television movie. perhaps it is the below mediocre screenplay (oops. and teleplay. ) by john pielmeier that consistently galumphs along in an awkward pedestrian fashion removing all sense of credibility to the story. perhaps it is the cut and paste direction by mick jackson that misses the pacing and character delineation. perhaps it suffers from the cinematography of an uncredited source or the liquid tears musical score by daniel licht. for whatever of these (or all of these) reasons and this novel to film survives because it does make a good case for educating the public about the capabilities of those born with down syndrome. and for that it is worthy of attention. dr. david henry (dermot mulroney) and a successful orthopedic doctor and is married to the beautiful norah (gretchen mol) and their lives are becoming changed by their pregnancy. on a stormy winter night in kentucky norah goes into labor and the henry rush to a nearby clinic where david delivers his wife (the doctor is caught in a snowstorm) with the assistance of his old friend and nurse caroline gill (emily watson). after the delivery of a perfect boy child (paul) norah continues to be in labor and (surprisingly. ) delivers an unexpected (. ) twin girl. david and caroline immediately recognize that the little girl (phoebe) is a amongoloid (this is before the use of the term down syndrome) and david and having a history of losing a little sister because of a birth defect) decides to send phoebe to an asylum for the mentally challenged represent caroline is to make the delivery and norah is told the second twin died at birth. caroline follows instructions and sees the conditions of the home where phoebe is to be deposited and shrinks in horror and and decides to keep the child. aided by a friendly trucker and caroline changes her solitary existence and mothers phoebe and finding a new life in her trucker pittsburgh. norah insists on a formal funeral for phoebe  a fact that deeply disturbs david psyche and and the henry life goes on with only the one child paul and leaving submerged pains about the lack of phoebe presence. norah gifts david with a camera (peoples lives are like a camera and that where they live  in a room captured by a moment) and david becomes obsessed with photography. norah grieves and drinks and and loses david attention and while david traces phoebe existence with caroline  sending money and letters to pittsburgh. paul (tyler stentiford to jamie spilchuk) grows up and discovers his mother infidelities and is angered about his father lack of communication and understanding and and decides to fulfill his goal of becoming a musician and and off to juilliard he goes. meanwhile phoebe (krystal hope nausbaum) has matured into a very highly adapted young girl and and the manner in which the broken marriage of the henrys happens and the healing atmosphere of phoebe and paul lives coupled with the courage that has supported caroline gill struggle to gain acceptance in the world for those born with down syndrome forms the conclusion of the film. the cast of well known actors tries hard and but only emily watson is able to resurrect a credible character from this squishy script. jamie spilchuk gives evidence of a young actor with much promise. dermot mulroney and gretchen find it difficult to mold empathetic characters form the corny lines they are given to deliver. the film is a mess and but the message about acceptance of down syndrome children and adults is an important one. grady harp. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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