Night Ride Home (film)

Night Ride Home is a 1999 American television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Carradine, Ellen Burstyn, and Thora Birch. Its plot follows a family coping with the death of their son, which his sister inadvertently caused. It was released through the Hallmark Hall of Fame series.

Night Ride Home
Video release artwork
Based onNight Ride Home
by Barbara Esstman
Screenplay by
  • Ronald Parker
  • Darrah Cloud
Directed byGlenn Jordan
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Production
CinematographyNeil Roach
EditorDavid Simmons
Running time94 minutes[1]
DistributorHallmark
Release
Original networkCBS[2]
Original releaseFebruary 7, 1999 (1999-02-07)[3]

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Portland, Oregon.[4]

Critical response

David Kronke of Variety praised the film as a "handsome, intelligent and well-burnished production," and a "thoughtful and sensitive examination of how a family copes with grief."[4] Terry Kelleher of People compared the film negatively against the 1980 film Ordinary People.[3] Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times criticized the film's screenplay, noting "the presentation of these issues is far too calculated, and their solutions far too quickly accomplished. The script’s simplistic method of resolving what in real life would be significant emotional trauma is to provide a cathartic scene that almost immediately prompts a change in characters."[5] Ron Wertheimer of The New York Times praised the film, writing that "Night Ride Home has the courage to depict imperfect people who are walloped by a heartbreaking loss and emerge only slightly wiser and no more perfect than before. The centerpiece of the film... is the quietly disturbing performance of Rebecca De Mornay."[2]

References
  1. "Night Ride Home". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020.
  2. Wertheimer, Ron (February 6, 1999). "TELEVISION REVIEW; On Surviving the Pain: Don't Try to Do It Alone". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020.
  3. Kelleher, Terry (February 7, 1999). "Picks and Pans Review: Night Ride Home". Archived from the original on May 27, 2020.
  4. Kronke, David (February 3, 1999). "Night Ride Home". Variety. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020.
  5. Heckman, Don (February 6, 1999). "Hallmark's 'Home' Thin on Dramatic Impact". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020.
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