"A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother."
Meryl Streep
as Kate Gulden
Renée Zellweger
as Ellen Gulden
William Hurt
as George Gulden
Tom Everett Scott
as Brian Gulden
Lauren Graham
as Jules
Nicky Katt
as Jordan Belzer
James Eckhouse
as District Attorney
Patrick Breen
as G.A. Tweedy
Gerrit Graham
as Oliver Most
David Byron
as Senator Sullivan
Stephen Peabody
as Harold
Lizbeth MacKay
as Dr. Cohen
Mary Catherine Wright
as Clarice
Sloane Shelton
as Evelyn Best
Michele Shay
as June
Bobo Lewis
as Muriel
Marylouise Burke
as Louisa
Marcia Jean Kurtz
as Marcia
Diana Canova
as Diana
John Deyle
as Santa / Mayor
Hallee Hirsh
as Ellen - Age 8
Jeffrey Scaperrotta
as Brian - Age 4
Todd Cerveris
as Casey
Anna Carolina Alvim
as Nurse Teresa
Julie Janney
as Hospital Nurse
Susan Stout
as Tweedy's Secretary
Greg Hedtke
as Magazine Executive
Christian James
Lauren Toub
as Halloween Girl
Ashley Remy
Saul Williams
as Graduate Student
Julianne Nicholson
as College Student
Amber Kain
Yolande Bavan
as Nari
Benjamin Andrews
as Party Kid
Kathryn Walsh
Carl Franklin
Director
Paul Peters
Production Design
Jesse Beaton
Producer
Jefferson Sage
Art Direction
Leslie Morgan
Executive Producer
Harry J. Ufland
William W. Wilson III
Donna Zakowska
Costume Design
Declan Quinn
Director of Photography
Jerry Mitchell
Choreographer
Cliff Eidelman
Original Music Composer
Anna Quindlen
Novel
Karen Croner
Screenplay
Sharon Ilson
Makeup Artist
J. Roy Helland
Hairstylist
Colleen Callaghan
Elaine O'Donnell
Set Decoration
Leslie A. Pope
Richard Pagano
Casting
Hugo Weng
Sound
Jeffrey Wilhoit
Carole Kravetz Aykanian
Editor
