Finding a Family
Oct 15, 2011 | IMDB 6.5
88 min Watch NowDrama, Family, TV Movie
Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself
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IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2003
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IMDB 7.6 | May , 1996
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IMDB 7.6 | Jun , 2002
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IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2007
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
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IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 2006
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