Back to You & Me (Hallmark)

Product description BRAND NEW SEALED! Amazon.com Back to You and Me is a truly heartwarming story about love, loss, and the power of family. Originally a TV movie, Back to You and Me carries the emotional impact of a feature film, thanks to stars Lisa Hartman and Rue McClanahan as daughter and mother, estranged but still deeply connected. Both actresses are terrific and compelling. But while Hartman, as Syd, is the star of Back to You and Me, it's McClanahan who stands out, as Helen, a mother brimming with heartbreak, yet trying not to push her successful, distant daughter too much. When Syd decides to take a break from her successful medical practice and return to Bloomfield, her tiny hometown, for a high-school reunion, old wounds are reopened and old love connections spark anew. Hartman's love interest is Gus, played by the hunky Dale Midkiff. The two were inseparable throughout high school and college, but Gus stayed home and Syd went off to medical school and enormous success. Gus is widowed and has a wise-beyond-his years son who instantly gets that Syd "is a keeper," though of course the grownups take their own sweet time figuring that out. The other main plot line is the estrangement of Helen and Syd, and both McClanahan and Hartman are excellent at portraying the stiff politeness that covers unhappy, broken family ties. Back to You and Me may not contain a lot of true surprises, but it has a giant heart, and watching it is a sweet pleasure, reminding the viewer that there's no place like home. --A.T. Hurley