Overview

A New York schoolteacher experiences a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies, and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.

Cast

Helen Hunt

April Epner

Bette Midler

Bernice Graves

Colin Firth

Frank

Matthew Broderick

Ben Green

Ben Shenkman

Dr. Freddy Epner

Lynn Cohen

Trudy Epner

John Benjamin Hickey

Alan

Salman Rushdie

Dr. Masani

Daisy Tahan

Ruby

Tommy Nelson

Jimmy Ray

Stephanie Yankwitt

Stacey

Lillias White

Sheila