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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Drug Content Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 11/04/2003 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Showtime Entertainment Total Copies: 1 Genres: Comedy Drama, Drama, Medical Drama, Family Drama

Originally filmed in 2001 under the title "My Beautiful Son," the made-for-cable Strange Relations stars comedian Paul Reiser in the largely noncomic role of 39-year-old Manhattan psychiatrist Dr. Jerry Lipman. Diagnosed with leukemia, Lipman desperately seeks out a close relative -- any close relative -- for a crucial bone marrow transplant. The news from his mother, Esther Lipman (Olympia Dukakis), is both dispiriting and shocking; Jerry, it seems, was adopted as an infant, and his real family is in far-off England. Flying to Liverpool in search of that all-important donor, Jerry is reunited with his birth mother, an earthy Liverpudlian named Sheila Fizpatrick (Julie Walters). The ensuing rapport between stars Reiser and Walters is ample compensation for the film's weaker passages and unbelievable plot contrivances. Lensed on-location in New York City and London, Strange Relations made its Showtime network bow on March 31, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Paul Reiser - Dr. Jerry Lipman
Julie Walters - Sheila Fitzpatrick
Olympia Dukakis - Esther Lipman

This comedy drama about a man who learns some surprising things about his family during a life crisis gets a spare presentation for its release on DVD. Strange Relations has been given a full-frame transfer to disc in the aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio, in English, has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. No multiple language options have been included, but the dialogue is closed captioned in English. No bonus material has been added for this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide