Matters of Life and Dating

Matters of Life and Dating
GenreRomantic comedy
Based onUp Front
by Linda Dackman
Teleplay byNina Colman
Directed byPeter Wellington
Starring
Music byAnton Sanko
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Ricki Lake
  • Salli Newman
  • Barbara Lieberman
ProducerMichael Mahoney
CinematographyJoel Ransom
EditorSusan Shipton
Running time90 minutes
Production companies
  • Robert Greenwald Productions
  • Barbara Lieberman Films
  • Firebrand Productions
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseOctober 22, 2007 (2007-10-22)

Matters of Life and Dating is a 2007 American romantic comedy television film directed by Peter Wellington and written by Nina Colman, based on the 1990 memoir Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman by Linda Dackman. The film stars Ricki Lake as Dackman, who struggles to re-enter the dating world after being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction. Holly Robinson Peete and Rachael Harris also star.

The film aired on Lifetime on October 22, 2007.

Plot

Linda is a single woman who must re-enter the dating world after undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery due to cancer.

Cast

Production

The film is based on the memoirs of Linda Dackman.[1] Lifetime approached songwriters Kara DioGuardi and James Poyser to write a song, "My Bra" performed by Mýa, for the film.[2]

Release

Matters of Life and Dating premiered on Lifetime Television on October 22, 2007, as part of the channel's "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" campaign.[3]

Reception

Kevin McDonough of the Intelligencer Journal criticized the film, writing that "It's hard to find fault with a movie trying to help women cope with a life-threatening illness, but Linda's plight might be more accessible if she weren't so darned successful and living such a fabulous two-double-latte-a-day existence and having to fend off so many handsome suitors."[1] A reviewer for the Akron Beacon Journal was also critical, as they felt that Lake's performance was one of the film's major flaws.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b McDonough, Kevin (October 21, 2007). "Lifetime takes on breast cancer". Intelligencer Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "My Bra commissioned as Breast Cancer Month anthem". Times Colonist. October 16, 2007.
  3. ^ Philpot, Robert (October 22, 2007). "The Night, like Cuban's dance card, is full". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
  4. ^ Heldenfels, Rich (October 21, 2007). "Acting hurts good story". The Akron Beacon Journal.


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