Matters of Life and Dating
| Matters of Life and Dating | |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Based on | Up Front by Linda Dackman |
| Teleplay by | Nina Colman |
| Directed by | Peter Wellington |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Anton Sanko |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Michael Mahoney |
| Cinematography | Joel Ransom |
| Editor | Susan Shipton |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Lifetime |
| Release | October 22, 2007 |
Matters of Life and Dating is a 2007 American romantic comedy television film directed by Peter Wellington and written by Nina Colman, based on the 1990 memoir Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman by Linda Dackman. The film stars Ricki Lake as Dackman, who struggles to re-enter the dating world after being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction. Holly Robinson Peete and Rachael Harris also star.
The film aired on Lifetime on October 22, 2007.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Linda is a single woman who must re-enter the dating world after undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery due to cancer.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Ricki Lake as Linda Dackman
- Holly Robinson Peete as Nicole Banning
- Rachael Harris as Carla
- Dylan Neal as Guy DeMayo
- Gabriel Hogan as Kevin
- Nigel Bennett as Errol Sager
- Noam Jenkins as Jacques
Production
[edit | edit source]The film is based on the memoirs of Linda Dackman.[1] Lifetime approached songwriters Kara DioGuardi and James Poyser to write a song, "My Bra" performed by Mýa, for the film.[2]
Release
[edit | edit source]Matters of Life and Dating premiered on Lifetime Television on October 22, 2007, as part of the channel's "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" campaign.[3]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Kevin McDonough of the Intelligencer Journal criticized the film, writing that "It's hard to find fault with a movie trying to help women cope with a life-threatening illness, but Linda's plight might be more accessible if she weren't so darned successful and living such a fabulous two-double-latte-a-day existence and having to fend off so many handsome suitors."[1] A reviewer for the Akron Beacon Journal was also critical, as they felt that Lake's performance was one of the film's major flaws.[4]
References
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External links
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- 2007 television films
- 2007 films
- 2007 romantic comedy films
- 2000s American films
- 2000s English-language films
- American comedy television films
- American films based on actual events
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- Films about cancer in the United States
- Films based on memoirs
- Films directed by Peter Wellington
- Films scored by Anton Sanko
- Lifetime (TV channel) films
- Romantic comedy films based on actual events
- Romance television films
- Television films based on actual events
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