No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:1998-04-01
Duration:90 min
Director:Michael Elias
Actors:Suzanne Somers, Chad Christ, Selma Blair, Robert Desiderio, Ann Bosler
Production:Great Falls Productions, Universal Television, USA Network

Overview:

Emma is the bright, attractive and funny widowed mother of teen honor-student Charlie. She has a drinking problem that seemingly increases exponentially, and Charlie has problems of his own, chief among them the pregnancy of his girlfriend Lauren...

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