In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)

Directors

Michael Ray Rhodes

Cast

Gary Graham, Lexi Randall, Sally Struthers, Sarah Jessica Parker

The story

The film opens with Callie Cain (Parker) leading her kids in singing along to John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as she moves back to her hometown of Estherville, Iowa with her 4 young daughters (plus another baby on the way) and boyfriend Ray Jacobs (Hodges). Although Callie's brother John (Graham) and sister-in-law Wanda (Atkinson) attempt to help them, the abusive Ray (the father of youngest child Jason) has no interest in working, and Callie rebuffs Wanda's suggestion that she continue treatment for the bipolar disorder she suffers from. As a result, the family soon finds themselves living in poverty, with oldest child Jessi…

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