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Article: TRUE STORY OF WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR HER ROOTS PACKS A PUNCH.(Television)(Review)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- February 13, 1999
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When actresses say that good TV drama offers them juicier roles than most feature films do, ``Deep in My Heart'' (9 p.m. Sunday, KIRO/7) is the kind of project they have in mind.
Based on a true story about a young woman's search for her roots, this is a family centered drama of the sort that has become a Sunday tradition for CBS. But it's more ambitious than most, rising above feel-good platitudes with an intelligent script, a bit of documentary-style technique and, wonder of wonders, roles for not one or two but five talented actresses to sink their teeth into.
The story opens in the 1960s, when a young Boston mother, Gerry Cummins (Cara Buono of ``The ...