Molly
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Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due to budget cuts, Molly is left in the care of her neurotypical, older brother, Buck McKay, an advertising executive and perennial bachelor. Buck forces her to undergo an experimental medical treatment, with unexpectedly drastic results.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1999-10-22
Runtime: 102 mins
Director: John Duigan
Writer: Dick Christie
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Original title: Molly
Production Companies: Absolute Entertainment (II), Cockamamie, Heckerling-Caplan, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Elisabeth Shue
Aaron Eckhart
Jill Hennessy
Thomas Jane
D.W. Moffett
Elizabeth Mitchell
Robert Harper
Elaine Hendrix
Michael Paul Chan
Lucy Liu
Jon Pennell
Sarah Wynter
Nicholas Pryor
Jay Acovone
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