Synopses for To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)
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Michelle Pfeiffer's husband, television producer David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal), is partially responsible for this entertaining tearjerker about a widower (Peter Gallagher) who can't let go of his late wife and whose relationship with his adolescent daughter (Claire Danes) is stalled as a result. Invited for a weekend at the beach by his worried sister-in-law (Kathy Baker), Gallagher's character faces various humiliations (he's been set up to meet a single woman) and fatherly crises (his growing girl is attracted to a local boy). Pfeiffer plays the ghost of the dead woman and Danes is terrific, but it's Gallagher who gets a rare opportunity to carry the ball for an entire feature, and he does it very well. Michael Pressman directed what is, in the end, a very nice movie. --Tom Keogh
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Ever since David's wife Gillian was killed on her birthday, he has been completely incapable of accepting her death. Each day, he still goes down to the beach to "talk" to her -- and keep her alive in his mind. This unwillingness to face reality has left his relationship with his teenage daughter Rachel seriously strained.
But a family get-together to celebrate Gillian's birthday leads to confrontations between various relatives (including David and Rachel) that brings long-dormant emotions to the fore. As a result, father and daughter make peace with each other, and begin the long journey to accepting Gillian's death.
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Undying love collides with real life in this unforgettable romance starring Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker and Michelle Pfeiffer. Gallagher is David Lewis, a grieving widower on the brink of a breakdown who continues to "see" his late wife two years after her death. As he withdraws further into his fantasy world, he leaves his neglected daughter behind. Hoping to help him, David's meddling in-laws (Baker and Bruce Altman) bring an uninvited guess - and a hidden agenda - for a weekend at David's beach house. What follows is a warm, funny, deeply touching story of a love that doesn't die and a man who finally learns to keep on living.
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