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The Last Best Year

1990 · 1h 36m · Drama, TV Movie

IMDb 6.3

Skip it. This TV movie about terminal illness and therapy has all the earnest intentions of a Hallmark tearjerker, but a 6.3 IMDb score suggests it lands somewhere between heavy-handed and forgettable. Even with Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, the emotional beats feel more manipulative than moving.

Plot

Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a therapist (Mary Tyler Moore) who is very hesitant to become involved in this case due to the loss she suffered as a young child. As her condition deteriorates, Jane learns how to come to terms with her past as does her therapist.

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