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unsatisfying ending [spoiler]


It bothered me that the "mother" hadn't at least told Kate that she was adopted sometime back when she was a child, even if she didn't reveal who the real mother was. People these days think that children deserve to know that, and certainly, adults do. In real life, Kate would have wondered why she didn't look like the rest of the family, etc.,although in this movie, Kate conveniently looked more like her adopted mother than like her real mother. Telling the truth would have been upsetting, but these are all adults, and they needed to deal with it. It seemed more like a "One Life To Live"soap opera ending from an earlier era rather than a contemporary viewpoint.

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I just saw this for the first time and while I, too, was bothered by your two points, I am hoping that after Ida got back from her trip w/Will she will tell Kate the truth about Aunt Jane. This will have given Ida enough time to get adjusted to having a relationship w/Will, Jane's death, the impact of needing to know your birth mother (for health/genetic reasons not only for Kate's sake but for her granddaughter's(Lila) sake), and lastly to adjust to Kate's relocation. Ida was impacted/informed about too many things in a short amount of time to absorb/digest especially since she was so settled in her little hometown routine.

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It would have been best if Kate had known she was adopted all along.
But I don't see how telling her now would do anyone any good. It would cause a lot of psychological problems and the mother-daughter relationship would be ruined.

In real life though, she would have found out. It's too big a secret to keep hidden.

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The "adopted child" in question was near 40! The birth mother was dying and why bother. The daughter had a good mother that raised her and loved her. Why rock the boat! The reason why the adoted out daughter was never told who her real mother was because "The birth mother" most likely requsted that because she did not want to hurt her career

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