Loosely based on the story of Melissa Weaver, who contracted a rare form of cancer at age 10. Her father loses his job when he takes too much time off from work to care for his family. Enraged, both Melissa and her father decide to fight to change the law that allowed him to be fired. A primary role came in the form of the President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton, who signed the Family and Medical Leave Act that ensured that no other family would need to go through what the Weavers did. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.6/10 | |
Released: | January 21, 1997 | |
Runtime: | 96 min | |
Genres: | Drama Sport Biography | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | O'Hara-Horowitz Productions TeleFilm | |
Cast: | John Ritter Tess Harper Anna Chlumsky | |
Crew: | Waris Hussein Susan Nanus | |
cybertech00 : Contains spoilers. Click to show. great series very well made every episode kept me wanting to see the next look forward to ...