What Makes a Family

2001

English

6.6

♡ 3

56%

based on a true story

Maggie Greenwald Director

Roberta Maxwell as Claire

Brooke Shields as Janine Nielssen

Roger Dunn as Professor

Whoopi Goldberg as Terry Harrison

Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in order to regain custody of her daughter.