My Mother the Spy

May. 08,2000      
Rating:
5.3
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Disappointed that her mother has always disappeared at important times in her life, Alison Shaeffer, a successful book editor, decides to track down her mother on a remote island in an effort to patch things up. But family secrets unravel when Allison discovers that her mother is a CIA agent after she accidentally stumbles into one of her mom's covert operations.

Jayne Brook as  Alison Shaeffer
Dyan Cannon as  Gloria Shaeffer
Kevin Kilner as  Rabbi / Gary Sutton
David Palffy as  Gustavo Vasquez
Gloria Stuart as  Grandma
Garry Chalk as  Herb Kulcheck
Garwin Sanford as  Peter
Marcus Hondro as  Henchman #1
Ken Camroux-Taylor as  Marty Solow
Jay Brazeau as  George Trumbell

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Reviews

Cubussoli
2000/05/08

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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ActuallyGlimmer
2000/05/09

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Hayden Kane
2000/05/10

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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Billy Ollie
2000/05/11

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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