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(1995 made-for-tv movie; originally aired 12/12/95 on NBC)
Based on a rather sudsy Danielle Steel novel, the screenplay follows three couples who are having trouble conceiving children. In one storyline, Bruce Greenwood plays affluent attorney Andy Douglas whose wife Diana (Gabrielle Carteris) is obsessed with having a baby and unable to cope with the realization she cannot. Despite their obviously happy marriage, she leaves her husband and subsequently files for divorce, convinced he'd be more complete with a fertile wife, but Andy gently woos her back and their new and more complete relationship leads to unexpected parenthood.
Greenwood seems to tower over the petite Carteris, but they suit emotionally and there's several rewarding Greenwoodian moments, including some nifty piano noodling and a jazzy rendition of "Itsy Bitsy Spider".
Although a bit saccharine, all three plotlines seem realistic and possible. Each tale is told independently from the others, loosely held together by a common fertility doctor, (played by Bruce Weitz), yet none seems particularly shortchanged. Bess Armstrong, James McNaughton, Scott Baio and Alexandra Paul co-star as the other couples. A lush score by Mark Snow greatly enhances the production.
Available on video but not DVD.
The Cramer Company in association with NBC
 |  |  Original piano noodling | 18 secs |
| | Itsy Bitsy Spider | 20 secs |
| | Andy finally gets through to Diana | 1 min 2 secs |