Bert O'Riley (Ernest Borgnine) is an old-time entertainer who is retired from showbiz and estranged not only from his daughter Marie (Tracy Nelson) but also his 9-year-old granddaughter, Becca (Juliette Goglia).
And it would have remained that
way had Marie not been badly
hurt in a car crash and had to be hospitalized for a prolonged period.
Social
services have to find someone for 9-year-old Becca to stay with, her father
isn’t on the scene her grandmother is dead so they turned to Bert.
He
was about to sell his house and move into a retirement home but suddenly finds
himself caring for a granddaughter he didn’t know he had.
It’s
very awkward at first, Becca is horrified she has to live with her Grandpa
because not only has she never met him, but everything she had ever heard about
him her whole life is what a bum he was.
But gradually the bond between the two of them grows and she realises that Bert
isn’t a bum after all, in fact she gets to meet his old show-biz friends, Roxie Famosa
(Katherine Helmond) Adam Johnson (Jamie Farr) and Karl Sugarman (Richard
Libertini) and she learns that
her Grandpa is a pretty good guy and that her Mom was wrong about her Dad all
along.
While Marie was in hospital, he showed tender
loving care towards Becca and took charge in her life and when she was ready to
be discharged she accepted that she and her daughter had been brainwashed into
thinking that Bert was an ogre and agreed that they should go and live with
him.
It's a wonderful story emphasizing strong family traditions which is most
appropriate for the holiday season.
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