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The fictional sister


I liked this movie a lot. Especially the "fictional sister" as portrayed by Amanda Plummer (as adult) and Jena Greco (as child). Too bad the lovely Jena Greco did so little acting, she could have become great. Amanda Plummer was also great. I felt so bad for her dying, especially when the scenes of her burial were shown side by side with the scenes of her being this cute little girl.

The actor who played the father sounded so familiar to me, but I just couldn't put my finger on where I had seen her. Then I saw the photo of the actor in later years and realized - of course, the bearded guy from Homeland.

My least liked actor was the boy who played young Daniel. He looked familiar, I thought he might be the guy who played in Once Upon a Time in America (De Niro's younger version). But that wasn't him.

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Young Daniel was the guy in Weird Science, Ilan Michael Smith.

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