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Rescuing Desire
“It's never too late to discover yourself.”
38%
Movie
1h 51m
AI Analysis
Rescuing Desire (1996) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Rescuing Desire (1996) — a movie tagged as Romance, Comedy, and Drama with funny, nostalgic, and emotional moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Toni, a very accomplished social worker and award winning nurse, is engaged to successful physician, Dr Ralph Mallory and works in a hospital run by Ralph's father. Following the death of her teenage son, Toni is acutely aware of how short life can be and is determined to live it on her terms. Van, Toni's best fri… Our models also surface themes such as family, friendship, and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~111 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Rescuing Desire 38% (7 votes) — polarizing or niche appeal for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
38%
from 7 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Toni, a very accomplished social worker and award winning nurse, is engaged to successful physician, Dr Ralph Mallory and works in a hospital run by Ralph's father. Following the death of her teenage son, Toni is acutely aware of how short life can be and is determined to live it on her terms. Van, Toni's best friend also works in the hospital and has been a great support throughout her recent ordeal On the surface, a well adjusted middle class woman in a stable relationship, we are soon made aware of Toni's long term longing for women and her struggle to deal with it and conform. Rescuing Desire takes us through Toni's exploration of her sexuality and Van's efforts to ensure Toni's safety during her self discovery
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1996-05-14
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- TMDB rating
- 3.8
- TMDB ID
- 125369
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What is Rescuing Desire about?
Toni, a very accomplished social worker and award winning nurse, is engaged to successful physician, Dr Ralph Mallory and works in a hospital run by Ralph's father. Following the death of her teen... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Rescuing Desire?
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How long is the movie Rescuing Desire?
The official runtime for Rescuing Desire is approximately 111 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
Melinda Mullins
Toni
Tamara Tunie
Van
Caitlin Dulany
Evonne
Bruce Altman
Dr. Ralph Mallory
Barton Heyman
Willard
Lea DeLaria
Sadie
Ellen Cleghorne
Doris
Allison Janney
Betsy
John Christopher Jones
Jim
Camryn Manheim
Pappa
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Sharon Scruggs
Gerry
Matt Levin
Rico
William Hill
Lenny
Harsh Nayyar
Giuseppe
Barbara Haas
Leah
Marcella Lowery
Jane
Michael Willis
Sid
Bruce Katzman
S&M Salesman
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