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'A Place For Annie,' is a true story about a head pediatric nurse, 'Susan Lansing' (played by Sissy Spacek.) Lansing gets attached to an infant patient, (Annie) who at birth tested positive for HIV. Little Annie was also born addicted to heroine and was deserted shortly after birth by her birth mother. When no one would accept this baby, with HIV, as a foster child Susan decides to become Annie's foster mother. She makes it her mission to give this terminally ill child a home and love for as many days as the baby has left.

This movie is wonderful. The performances by the cast are spectacular. The plot is touching and considerably strong. The overall movie quality etc, is well above average. Very few movies are powerful enough to bring such emotion as this film delivers. Through tear filled eyes, I watched as this story of 'true miracles' unfolded. This movie illustrates the power of love and family and gives us the bitter with the sweet of real life. 'A Place For Annie,' is a movie to cherish, and I, BTW, highly recommend it to you. You will thank your lucky stars that you could, in some way, share in the life of Annie and her remarkable, adoptive mother.


I LOVED it!   August 7, 2002
Grace (Illinois)
I don't think I've ever seen any other movie made with so much passion, sensitivity, and love. When you watch it, you don't feel like you're watching a movie; the story is incredibly real, as is the acting and the presented situations. Infected with HIV and abandoned at birth by her AIDS infected single mother, little Annie is given a miracle when one of the nurses (Susan Lansing, played to perfection by Sissy Spacek)takes her in. Annie is well-established in her new home until Linda, her very young biological mother, returns for custody. Unable to provide for Annie and selfishly unwilling to leave her with Susan, Linda reluctantly moves in with Susan's family. Linda is then given a chance to understand her mistakes, take responsibility for them, and become more conscious of her love for Annie--conscious enough to do what is best for her, even though it is very hard. You will never forget this movie. I stumbled across it by accident in a local Hallmark store, and I am so lucky I did because it seems to be a difficult-to-find videotape. Do whatever you can to get your hands on this, but make sure you see it!


BEAUTIFUL movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   November 25, 2001
Grace (Illinois)
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Not only is it just a really sweet story, but it also has a wonderful message behind it. The acting was excellent and they got an adorable pair of twins to play the role of little Annie. This movie has a lot of sensitivity in it. It all starts when Susan Lansing, a nurse at a local hospital, takes in an abandoned baby. This child, who tested HIV-positive at birth, seems to have nobody who is willing to take her in--nobody except Susan, that is. With the help of a supportive teenage son and a devoted nanny, Susan is able to create a lovingly stable living environment for little Annie. Everything is turned upside-down a year later, when Annie's birth mother returns to claim her. Linda Marsten, the baby's mother, is clearly very young, and her husband has died as a result of drug overdose. Emotionally unable to hand Annie over to her drug addicted birth mother, Susan invites Linda to come live with them in their home. It is during this time that Linda creates a close bond with her child and comes to terms with everything that she left behind when she abandoned her newborn baby at the hospital. At the same time, Linda and Susan learn to put their differences aside and use their shared love for Annie to develop a sort of unsteady friendship with each other. At the end of the movie, it is Linda's selfless love for her daughter that leads her to make the most difficult decision she has ever had to make that will ultimately shape Annie's future. The movie really made me want to cry, especially at the part where Annie was taken away from Susan for the first time when Linda took her for an overnight visit. I think that Mary Louise Parker (Linda) did an EXCELLENT acting job in this movie. She really knew the part well, and she knew how to perform it. When she first appeared in the movie, all I kept thinking was, "I hope Annie gets to stay with Susan, not this woman." But as the movie went on, the viewer gets a chance to see that Linda is just a troubled young parent who feels the consequences for her wrongdoing and has a hard time accepting love from others due to her painful past with her own mother. This beautiful film touched my heart immensely, and it quickly became one of my favorite movies. This is a sweet, touching, and overwhelmingly emotional movie that I enjoyed every minute of. It has so much depth, and it has a firm handle on many real-life struggles and situations. If you haven't seen "A Place for Annie" yet, now is the time to do so.


The Loving Heart   October 16, 2001
I have seen this movie before and I do not care what anyone says but I thought it was a terrific and touching movie. I cried through like the entire movie. I would really reccomend this movie to others because it has real life facts as well as fictions. I cried the most when Annie's birth mother said she didn't want to be saved if she died. She said when it's her time to just let her go. Again I don't care what anyone has to say about this movie because I loved it.