Taking a Chance on Love (TV Movie 2009)

Taking a Chance on Love: Directed by Douglas Barr. With Genie Francis, Ted McGinley, Katie Boland, Kate Trotter. Widowed, successful Californian sports journalist King is a great catch. His pride and joy, son David, suddenly says he’s giving up baseball, and hence his scholarship. Actually he’s leaving college, aspiring to go to arts school. King finds out through his lover, hearts columnist Peyton McGruder. She refuses to commit to marriage, rather concentrating on trying to catch up after finding Christine, the daughter she gave up as fickle young mother. A reader’s letter inviting her to exchange stories on unconditional passion and true love sets Peyton thinking, just when King gets a dream job offer in New York.

“Genie Francis leads an outstanding cast in this wonderful film dealing with two women virtually being forced to rediscover their philosophies of love.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story opens up when a woman disagrees with advice that another gives in her column. The two women meet and the story of their lives comes out and what stories to behold.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe writer gave up her child when during her pregnancy, her husband, who she thought was cheating on her, was killed in an auto accident. Finding her daughter years later, she discovers that the latteru0026#39;s adoptive parents have died and there is the problem of connecting with her. Further complications ensue when she finds love with a divorced sports columnist whose son has left school and wishes to pursue art school.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe woman who wrote her has quite a story of her own to tell. Coming from a political family, she married into another despite finding love with a fellow officer from her husbandu0026#39;s naval team. When she finds out that she is pregnant, to avoid scandal, she weds her intended and brings up the child as his. This all occurred in 1966 and her husband was killed in a boating accident. Despite the fact that her loveru0026#39;s wife has also died, she hesitates in rekindling her relationship when the writer brings the two of them together.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe stories are wonderfully interwoven with fine performances by all concerned. This is certainly a tale for the romantics.”