Matters of Life and Dating

2007 American TV series or program
  • Ricki Lake
  • Holly Robinson Peete
  • Rachael Harris
Music byAnton SankoCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producers
  • Ricki Lake
  • Salli Newman
  • Barbara Lieberman
ProducerMichael MahoneyCinematographyJoel RansomEditorSusan ShiptonRunning time90 minutesProduction companies
  • Robert Greenwald Productions
  • Barbara Lieberman Films
  • Firebrand Productions
Original releaseNetworkLifetimeReleaseOctober 22, 2007 (2007-10-22)

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

Linda is a single woman who must re-enter the dating world after undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery due to cancer.

Cast

  • 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

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

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

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

  1. ^ a b McDonough, Kevin (October 21, 2007). "Lifetime takes on breast cancer". Intelligencer Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "My Bra commissioned as Breast Cancer Month anthem". Times Colonist. October 16, 2007.
  3. ^ Philpot, Robert (October 22, 2007). "The Night, like Cuban's dance card, is full". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  4. ^ Heldenfels, Rich (October 21, 2007). "Acting hurts good story". The Akron Beacon Journal.

External links

  • Matters of Life and Dating at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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