Tim Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Pate
Genres: Drama
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Based on a novel by Colleen McCullough (The_Thorn_Birds), this "May-December romance" stars Piper_Laurie as Mary Horton, a lonely middle-aged American career woman who hires a handsome, mildly retarded young handyman named Tim (played by 22-year-old Mel_Gibson in his third screen role). At first keeping her distance, Mary is drawn closer to Tim as the days pass. When Tim's mother dies, Mary becomes his surrogate mother, a relationship that deepens into romantic love. Tim's older sister Dawn (Deborah_Kennedy) resents Mary's "intrusion" into their lives, but Tim's dad Ron (Alwyn_Kurts) blesses the relationship, realizing that it is beneficial to both parties. Director Michael_Pate avoids all opportunities to cheapen or sensationalize the material; while Tim and Mary do end up in bed, it is a sweet moment, not a prurient one. Tim was produced for Australian television. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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