

Even though she's assured by the doctor that the deformity could not be her fault, Angie feels responsible compounding her guilt is the fact that the child wails in her arms and refuses her breast. Her mind off the pain of delivery, she gives birth to a baby boy with a slightly deformed left arm.

After an amusing scene in which the gynecologist encourages Angie to sing Marvin Hamlisch songs to take

Months meanwhile, however, her relationship with her father (Philip Bosco) and Kathy suffers, as does her friendship with her best pal Tina (Aida Turturo).Īngie goes into labor at a Christmas party (she is dressed as a round-bellied Santa) and is rushed to the hospital by Tina and Noel-the latter disappearing shortly after Angie is admitted. Her affair with Noel flourishes for several When she meets handsome, intriguing Noel (Stephen Rea), Angie begins to distance herself from Vinnie and finally breaks off the engagement. While Vinnie is delighted, Angie is restless, never having lived for herself. Not much seems to be going right for Angie Scacciapensieri (Geena Davis): her mother abandoned the family when Angie was a little girl she's been dating the same guy, Vinnie (James Gandolfini), since the 9th grade she doesn't get along with her father's second wife, Kathy (Jenny O'Hara) and What might have been a charming character study is undone by its own ambition melodramaticĮlements introduced toward the end of the film clash with its predominantly breezy tone.
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Directed by Martha Coolidge (VALLEY GIRL, RAMBLING ROSE), ANGIE tells the story of a young woman from Bensonhurst who finally feels free to choose her own destiny after she becomes pregnant.
