Sharing the Secret (2000) | Full Movie | Mare Winningham | Alison Lohman | Lawrence Monoson

A teenage girl struggles with bulimia, affecting not only her own health, but also the well-being of her family and friends.
Starts: Mare Winningham, Alison Lohman, Lawrence Monoson, Mary Crosby, Diane Ladd, Tim Matheson
Directed by: Katt Shea
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[@kristyjean6219]

The acting in this is phenomenal. They portray eating disorders very accurately especially the emotional toll it takes on a person. The high you feel after starving out or purging. It’s real. Very well done. Not over the top.

[@seer1623]

The absence of tears in the big confrontation got a thumbs down for me, though.

[@mariahconklin4150]

This was one of my favorite movies I loved it.

[@biancaenera2500]

You don't feel high, you feel in control. But you can have the same feeling quitting to smoke, drink, going to a gym or being a very good student. No need at all to starve yourself.

[@josyprinz74]

@@biancaenera2500lmao talk to someone else

[@XYZABC-yh1cn]

❤

[@brookemichalik9390]

When she was screaming crying that she hates herself really got me. I’m watching this at work and I teared up, I related too much to when I was in the midst of my ED

[@spirituallysafe]

Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life; no-one comes to God except through Me (John 14:6). Jesus wants you to to cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7). Only by repenting of sin and trusting in Jesus to guide your life are you spiritually safe for all eternity. I encourage you to prayerfully read The Holy Bible ❤

[@maricamaas2326]

Never underestimate the amount of pain children experience while witnessing their parents' marriage relationship breaking down; additional to suffering the loss of security/feeling protected within an intact family.

[@pauljono8164]

Kids are stronger than you think.

[@maricamaas2326]

@@pauljono8164 Some - also depending on personality - might be better at pretending that they are not suffering. Also, children often blame themselves for their parents' marital problems.

[@LindaCasey]

@@pauljono8164 They don't have a choice but there's still a hole left in their souls in the shape of their parents.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

@@pauljono8164 My parents’ divorce in the 1960s ruined my whole life. It destroyed me. I’m 65. I’ve never been able to have any kind of relationship or get married or have a child because of my childhood. So no, kids are not always stronger than you think.

[@prettyinpink2102]

I feel the same way

[@erinsmith5740]

Alison is such a phenomenal actress. I’m sad she doesn’t really act anymore. If she did, she would definitely win awards.

[@vikkibrown2023]

@erinsmith5740~~Yes, Alison is a great actress~~This movie was great and it helped make it better with a great cast~~When I first started watching this the voice of Alison was so familiar~~The more I watched it hit me~~She played a great role in the movie "White Oleander" with Michelle Phieffer~~Great movie~~Alison played a teenager in that movie~~I never seen her in anything else~~I'll have do some research as to what she's doing now~~Watch "White Oleander" when you get a chance~~You'll love it~~😀

[@theroaminggnomad]

She was fantastic in White Oleander. One of my favs.

[@imaginarydrummer]

@@theroaminggnomad I love that movie too, and it's one of the few that comes close to being as good as the book. Partially because she's such a good actress.

[@theroaminggnomad]

@@imaginarydrummer she totally was.

[@soilgrasswaterair]

Problaly yet another woman lost to the stay at home mom life prison. Tragic way of treating women.

[@romanaa7070]

I miss these old school lifetime movies. Now they're all the same nonsense and dont tackle women's/girls issues like they used to

[@xrrgr]

truth. it’s always abt a psycho killer now

[@leapinglaura7343]

​@@xrrgrHa ha, or various social media obsessions.

[@ritsutainaka8156]

Agreed! So well acted and serious, now it’s trying to got in to the woke bs I miss the good ole days 😊

[@xrrgr]

@@ritsutainaka8156 the woke bs in question: talking about racism nothing that comes out today is new, stop whining in the comment sections of literal lifetime movies

[@zinamack2902]

The acting is f*cking trash now 😂😂😂😂

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

I remember the first time I made myself throw up.. I was 12.. microwave cheese popcorn in the backyard.. you go from feeling full , pain, feeling fat and dirty.. to feeling empty and CLEAN.. it becomes an actual addiction

[@LeeLeeCRN]

What a perfect way to describe it. I can relate so much with that feeling. I always felt so much lighter n would get a burst of energy. Hope u are healing ❤

[@stephaniebach__12-24]

@@LeeLeeCRNIt was years ago but still struggle sometimes.. my esophagus has been eroded for 24 years from all the stomach acid burning it coming up so much… it’s VERY painful when it flares up… Anyway I hope you are doing well and thank you for your time and responding

[@lorettacatron1068]

This is so so real. At 53 I still have a disorder 43 years of not eating, eating not eating throwing up and hiding it. Thinking about food all day long but hating yourself while thinking about food. This is a horrible disease

[@communityorganizer5645]

I have a suggestion... Before reading the next paragraph, sit for a moment with closed eyes, asking if what you about to read below is worth trying. Get the book I. AM THE WORD by Paul Selig. Read just one chapter a day; no more, no less. (Preferably out loud.) A lifelong OCD ended when I did that. I didn't realize it until I finished the book. I was not reading it for that purpose. One day I realized I had not fed that OC for a while. I traced it back in my memory and realized it hadn't been in my life since the day I had started reading it. While the book isn't about OC behavior per se, it did mention that OCDs happen when there are blocks in our energy field, also called our aura... And that saying the affirmations in the book will remove those blocks.

[@ClaireGarrard]

Hello Loretta. I know this is real. I've had this since I was 16 and am 60 years old now. It's been hell.

[@juliekibbe9221]

Same here. Bulimic 38 years. There is no cure 😢😢in my opinion. Other addictions can mask it but not completely. My thoughts are with you and I hope somehow you find peace and happiness.

[@seorin__]

i really hope you recover that sounds awful

[@dxleela9239]

oh god

[@elayneel-adly949]

There was a few girls in highschool that struggled with bulimia. They were both beautiful sweet young ladies. Not overweight and loved by classmates. It breaks my heart . They both lost weight to skin and bones. After help. They now are both healthy and thriving . Praise God

[@AnnieMae-jc1zj]

One of the most truest realistic movies on Ed’s. The secrecy and deception is unmatched and this movie showed it flawlessly

[@abbcherie]

I had this as a kid, then teen, then again as an adult…it’s so much harder than people think, it’s like an addiction that you can break then get back into

[@PepperRSun]

Its so easy to get back into it and I hate myself for that. I think im fine then one day it all seems so “comforting”… Its like a toxic person you can’t get rid of.

[@potichat]

It’s so hard to recover from an eating disorder. I feel like I never will tbh.

[@nanaosaki481]

@@potichatme right now also is like “I want to recover but I also want to have the body of my dreams” 😭

[@sherbertlemon1050]

@@PepperRSun no literally, like it’s so incredibly easy to trigger. I could see one post about eating disorders, or someone could call me fat in a jokey way and then I would relapse

[@86catluver]

The scene with Rachel playing in the dollhouse broke my heart "They hate her"

[@eternallytheo5738]

the screaming and the wheezing in the one scene followed by whispers were so relatable and real. I've acted the same way many times before. truly beautiful acting.

[@whereisfrankocean]

so glad i found a movie that could realistically portray what eating disorder rly looks like. i felt so connected and heard through this movie

[@mojosoju8287]

I love this movie, it is a great representation of bulimia. And the acting is superb, it makes people struggling feel seen and in a world where media glamourizes eating disorders this movie is truly a wonderful peice.

[@sadee1287]

Fantastic movie, and so nice to see it crystal clear. Alison was outstanding in this about the struggles of bulimia and eating disorders. Mare Winningham is great as her loving but unaware mother. Shows very well the hidden dynamics of ED families. I wish there were more movies like this instead of the too formulaic "Hallmark" type movies that pervade cable. Thanks for the upload. :)

[@youjustgotburned3980]

Love how the mom,though strict,is able to be flexible Like if her daughter asks for space,she gives it to her no matter how much she wants to control her daughter

[@miacaron6386]

this movie makes me so uncomfortable that it brings me a strange comfort each time i watch it. i relate to beth moss SO much, it pains me to admit. i can understand how addictive this illness is, and how it can take over your life and joy. i’ve only had it for around 2 years, and i am 13. But still, it’s been 2 years of absolute torture and hell. so much so that i can’t even imagine this illness not being a part of my life. because it feels like a big part of me now.

[@Hereismytwocents2011]

I fought with anorexia and bulimia for many years in my youth and young adulthood. Now, I'm once again fighting with them again. Everyone around me has basically done an intervention, so I will be seeing a therapist for the first time. It's scary, but I need to know what makes me fear food and gaining weight. Truthfully, this is always a part of you, even if you do recover from it.

[@MegaTrivial]

Probably it´s fear of not being loved by anyone, especially of not being loved by any guy, any man if you gain weight, and maybe be alone. That´s making you fear food. You realise this, then there are ways to solve it. 1. there are a lot of middle-weight and over weight people who do fine, have lots of friends and are loved. 2. it´s not food that makes one gain weight, it´s rather other things like: stress, toxins, a disease. Excercise, take a bike, or work physical jobs like cleanig, washing dishes or whatever, detoxify or eat fresh food, get fresh air, live in clean environment, avoid toxins like medications, drugs, alchohol, etc.; you´ll not be overweight. It´s moustly the toxins we get in our body from environment which make us built fet, especially toxins form the food. 3. And think, muscles are not overweight they only make one look more attractive and healthy, but muscles also make one healthy, beautiful and strong. 4. confront the fear, experiment to gain weight just for a while until you find one guy/man that likes you anyway, and you don´t even have to be together; would be enough just to break and defeat the wrong thoughts. Hope this helped something

[@MissGarland1986]

I blame modern society. The tabloids, the modelling world, photoshop, bullies, internet and I'm sure there are so much more. They all fill our heads with garbage on how we habe to look a certain way to be beautiful and successful. If we were all meant to be the same, then why were we all born so different? I hope you get the help that you need and you recover well. X

[@Hereismytwocents2011]

@@MissGarland1986 Thank you,♥

[@joannayeo9545]

Wishing you all the best on your journey xx

[@Hereismytwocents2011]

@@joannayeo9545 Thank you! ❤️

[@AnnieMae-jc1zj]

Phenomenal acting by Allison especially at 56:51. A quote and emotions I have come back to many times and even in my current life 20 years later.

[@Olivia-xn9nn]

Especially the mom’s reaction thinking her daughter was doing this TO her….and that it was about the MOM. It’s such a common reaction for parents

[@tanyabrown9839]

I really loved the ending of this where she was able to see the beauty of that figure enough to want to draw it. This movie moved me to tears.

[@JulieConkle]

I went through being Anorexic, and it came from having a chronically ill mother, no Dad, and after high school being faced with being afraid to leave my Mom, who I felt needed me to survive, and being afraid to go on to college, so my weight became my source of control. This was the mid 70's, before Karen Carpenter made the world aware of what it was. I lost my periods, and looking back now, at pictures, I see how awful I looked. It took fear of dying for me to stop. I never saw a therapist, I guess I just slowly brought myself back. It wasn't overnight, and it wasn't easy, but I did it. Ultimately, no matter how much therapy these girls get, or how long they are kept in the hospital, it comes down to themselves to decide to stop.

[@babble2leeza]

Sorry to hear about your parents. I have a chronic illness, after a few years I was also diagnosed with a rare disease. My husband was born with a heart condition. We both worked and did our best to keep our daughter uninvolved as we could. When she got into jr high my husband had to stop working and I was pht on chemotherapy. Two of us declined fast really impacted our daughter. She gained weight. She is 33yrs old now. Has 3 kids. She is over 300 pounds. My husband died before covid, my daughter gained 100 pounds during covid. I live alone and try very hard to not add to her stress. It is horrible at any age or position in the family, knowing your loved one is dying. Seeing the suffering, decline, the depression and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Nothing. Its a rattle snake in your path. I felt it too. So I do my best to counsel my daughter. It's great you understand where your issue stems from. Don't give up.❤

[@Dana-wq5tp]

When you hear about stories of the ones that didn't make it through the pain, it's gut wrenching. Karen Carpenter comes to mind. She had actually started to recover when her heart just gave out from all the years of punishing her body. I enjoyed this movie and I absolutely love Alison as an actress but the ending seemed too abrupt to me. I think they should have shown the group meeting and heard what these girls are going through every day. It was a realistic portrayal but just a bit short in my opinion. I wish it would have been a full length, 2 hour movie.

[@wanril8988]

I also thought i was gaining weight and fat and disgusted and didn't really eat or never wanted to eat and i got sick like really sick. Now I'm recovering and gaining weight and feel healthy altho it's lil progress and i Still got a Long way to go. But oh boy I've never been this happy or healthy in my entire life. God is good!!

[@shellyhambleton]

Keep it up.. you are loved

[@karengower3820]

Mare Winningham and Alison Lohman are awesome together. Great acting. This is a subject that needs to be talked about when you see the signs. As a child I hated food. Never ate breakfast or lunch I ate a little dinner. My grades suffered I had zero energy. It was around 6th grade the pediatrician told my mother to find something I'd like to eat. So I started drinking carnation instant breakfast with whole milk. That's what I had for breakfast for a few years. Getting ready at 14 to go to high school I was 5'6" I weighed 85 pounds. I got better at eating that year by the end I had gained 20 pounds. My grades got better i even made it to the honor roll and I got into being more active. My parents never saw anything wrong. So please if you see the signs get help for your child. They can do terrible at school and even lose their lives.

[@carlaaxelson6338]

So many people think therapists don’t have kids that struggle or why they respond the way they do. She’s not her therapist, she’s mom. 2 very different things and why therapists don’t treat family or friends

[@indiramahadevan174]

My daughter was also anorexic for 3 years in her teens. We thought we'd lose her. Therapy also didn't help much. The mind is so strong it tells the wrong thing. She became a skeleton but she'd say she had put on so much weight. She lost a lot of hair too. Nothing worked except prayer. Only prayer helped her come out of it. It was God's miracle that she even survived. I too blamed myself. I can relate so much to this movie. Now, more than a decade later, she is perfectly normal and completely out of it. Thank God!

[@homesheba]

Praise Jesus I’m so glad for her!! The mind is definitely the battleground spiritually.

[@pathfinder1962]

Medication doesn't always work but if you have faith in God and Jesus Christ your prayers will always be answered. I'm happy to hear that your Daughter is now normal and healthy. With thanks to God Almighty

[@michelewalkerwebb]

Amen. Glad to hear it.

[@emily-clark]

I'm very Happy for you. God bless you. My cousin has been anorexic and bulimic for 9 or 10 years now and she's also lost so much hair, it's unreal. Nothing's working, unfortunately. It's very sad.

[@michelewalkerwebb]

@@emily-clark May God be with you and your cousin.

[@bozekblack]

I’m watching her tell her mother and her mother flips out with anger, and all I can think is “what a terrible therapist she must be!”

[@ayomfks]

With the daughter she’s mom at first, not a therapist.. you don’t understand how helpless it’s to feel that you lost your child and overlooked everything. The anger at this situation is for themselves, but people don’t understand this that quickly and burst out to get rid of this overwhelming feeling on others. Yes, it’s wrong but we’re all humans yk

[@carlaaxelson6338]

Different when it’s a family member. That’s why we don’t treat our family

[@libragirl4471]

How can there be so many hidden gems like this movie. Well acted from beginning to end. If you want to see an awesome movie look for Off The Minnesota Strip with Mare Winningham ( the mom here) . It was her first movie and she was brilliant in it. Now I need to see whatever happened to Alison Lehman. She’s too good of an actress to have disappeared

[@MissGarland1986]

I wouldn't say they are hidden. You have to have been around and watched Lifetime at the time to know about them. There actually plenty of them around, you just have to look in the right places. 😊

[@sadee1287]

It would appear that Alison has retired from acting to concentrate on raising her three children, but teaches acting online and has acted in a few small roles. I hope she decides to return in a larger capacity one day, she is a phenomenal actress. Singer too, from what I hear, though there are sadly no clips of her singing.

[@petitehippie7064]

Thanks so much for the recommendation Off The Minnesota Strip was an awesome movie.

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

I get it. The feeling of not measuring up. I wasn’t vomiting but at one point,losing weight on regular after losing my Dad. I’ve also experienced a lot of PTSD

[@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead]

I caught my younger daughter at 8 years old going into a Golden Corral bathroom after having a meal and throwing up. I knew something was going on when she tried to pretend that she wasn't, then said she wasn't sick, and playing it off like nothing happened. She was a gymnast. At 3 years old she started going to regular gymnastics classes. I immediately told her that she would never go to the bathroom alone again until it stopped. She was put into therapy where I found out that she had learned to eat as much as she wanted and purge when she was 5 years old by a gymnastics coach. I suspect it could have been even longer than that. The constant monitoring by never letting her go unaided to a bathroom and the therapy got through to her. From the age of 4 until she was 9 years old, she never gained above 45 pounds. That is what tells me how long it was going on. She is now 26 and is healthy. But, when we talk about what went on, she says that thinking about it never really stops.

[@youjustgotburned3980]

Hit her with a belt

[@abc-rp2nf]

​@@youjustgotburned3980WHAT??? Are you serious?? Please tell me you're joking. That's abuse.

[@babble2leeza]

I wonder how many lives that coach hurt.. My mom gave me pills and put me on a diet when I was 13yrs old; I was 40 pounds overweight. She was a very vain person all the way till death at 85yrs old. I wish I could say she was concerned about my health. I was a sick child. Later diagnosed with a chronic illness, another rare disease later. Also a deformed pituitary gland, hypothyroidism. I don't have to eat solid food and I gain. My entire family are tiny people. My mom was 90 to 125 pounds. I disgusted them. It was hurtful and hurt my self esteem. I was blessed to fall in love with someone who accepted me for who I was. I hope your daughter can really feel in her heart that she is enough.

[@keneibuswiho2953]

@@babble2leeza sorry About you

[@musicandtheatregirl]

She’s right; the thinking about it is always in the back of our minds.

[@Spacegirl10177]

This is not like many family drama movies that handles divorce, usually in the beginning we are shown the problem, then the problem progresses with the narrative as we are shown the main character emotional turmoil with the problem then the other characters get involved with the revelation part, while everything building up the climax where there's clash between the characters and the end is usually "they lived happily ever after". But here there's no explicit revelation of the problem, no clash, no trying to fix it, no happy or conclusive end. It's beautiful in It's own way

[@hazelsmith5628]

What an emotional and truthful movie. We all need Someone who truly understands us. God is my refuge !

[@theroaminggnomad]

It's hard to believe this movie was 23 years ago!! Wt???? That's crazy!! I'm glad I know a little more about this disease than I did before. I had a friend in high school with this. She was a foster child that went through a lot of abuse in homes she had to live in. The kids made fun of her weight in school. More so because she would say outlandish things to try & gain their friendship. It didn't work. I really thought it was all about body dismorphia but this movie says its about control. I thought she was doing it to be a professional ballerina & that comes with a lot of pressure, sadly most of it comes from people that are broken themselves like their teachers or parents that remind kids not to eat the occasional treat or they will get fat. A lot if it starts from how the parents speak about themselves. Really good movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@donnakeyes4517]

Great movie. A friend of my cousin was a twin, 2 sisters and they were both anorexic and they were the sweetest girls and no one would have ever known. Well, they were both in treatment constantly and they would always relapse. They have both died, not at the same time but maybe approximately 2 years after the one sister died the other sister died like 2 years later. One of the twins was my cousins best friend and was the maid of honor in her wedding and my cousin warned her not to pull that purging and then vomiting in the bathroom. Well, she didn't listen to my cousin and she came and drank non stop and was in and out of the bathroom all night during the wedding as happy as can be and unfortunately lots of family and friends saw this going on. My cousin tried so hard to help her but then she stopped talking to my cousin. Now she's gone like her sister and I hope they are in a better place now. Very very sad. RIP to them both.

[@Jeng4280]

This is the most relatable movie about an eating disorder that is out there. The emotions feel so real and yes it's a family issue, not just a one person issue. Alison is such a great actress and so is Mare. This movie was so good and so underrated.

[@aidagraham3527]

Love this movie, characters, the story line, it brought you to a place of reality in this messed up world. Thank you.

[@Accidentinparadiable]

One of my ex partners went through exactly the same. No matter how much i told her she was so beautiful. She could just not see it at the time. She is happy and contented now. I am happy for her ❤️

[@metakoerner-vollrath9879]

This problem will never go away, eventually the past will catch up. You can hide for a while and lie to everyone nearby, but eventually you get to a certain point and you can't do it anymore.😢

[@cassie05]

I have struggled with eating disorders for 30 of my 37 years of life. This movie hits hard. Always having to be this perfect kid, nothing ever being good enough for anyone. Been to treatment 5x and right now is the best I’ve ever done in recovery. I’m living in nostalgia and come back to movies like this to try and remember how bad it was/is and that it isn’t worth it. I still believe my body is the problem and if I didn’t have to gain everything back things would be better. Still scared to be a healthy weight because I swore I never would be again … be the person who was made fun of and ridiculed. I want to be as far away from her as I can and losing weight was the only way to do that. But it would ruin everything I have right now. Still miss every part of my Ed because I’m still learning what it means to not have it and I hate it.

[@yanyingya]

So many people started at such a young age :( I’m so sorry

[@spirituallysafe]

Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life; no-one comes to God except through Me (John 14:6). Jesus wants you to to cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you (1 Peter 5:7). Only by repenting of sin and trusting in Jesus to guide your life are you spiritually safe for all eternity. I encourage you to prayerfully read The Holy Bible ❤

[@lorriesardinia5302]

I was not aware that people who purge get a "high" after they eat and purge. They get a rush of serotonin. They feel good after. No wonder it's so hard to stop! This movie was good. Mare Winningham is great in all of her movies.

[@emmabimon]

yeah, i actually purge but i do not get a high after in fact i feel disgusting sick and ashamed after. its intresting how its different for everyone!!

[@cordeliachase601]

I didn’t know that either.

[@Rose-el2bb]

@@emmabimon same . I just throw up bc I am terrified of being fat again

[@gyta8290]

..mah.. la " scarica di serotonina " non esiste proprio! Non so proprio chi abbia messo in giro questa balla! Bel film, ma quell'affermazione è falsa.

[@rosieposie2404]

such a good movie, not to mention how well the girl acted out the emotions

[@Jay.eclipsed]

I wish i could be back in my ED so bad. It was the greatest time of my life. Painful but still worth it. I miss it so terribly but i can’t get back into it no matter how hard i try.

[@ebonysmith1118]

I hope you don’t go back to it 😢

[@machteldpijl445]

Don’t forget that you deserve to feel better.

[@Jay.eclipsed]

@@machteldpijl445 I appreciate that but i never feel as happy as I was than when i was in it

[@marceechristensen2533]

Jay I want to assure you that there are people who feel and suffer the way your experience has been. The underlying pain is the same whether it is ED, alcoholism, drug addiction, sex addiction, porn or shopping. There is a place of feeling so inadequate, unlovable, less than, undeserving,misunderstood and there comes a time when you can get exhausted trying to cover up, pretending everything is okay,trying to fit in and act Normal. If you have a chance to get a glimpse of the other side….pursue it with all you are…you are so worthy of all the Best that there is ❤

[@communityorganizer5645]

ED? Erectile Dysfunction?

[@SophieandBrogan]

This was a good film but an emotional rollercoaster 🎢

[@cheebacheeobusiness3893]

Wow what a strong convincing actor the lead actress is! Mind blowing! Well all the cast were good. The whole production is well done and the topics are important.

[@rachelmartin3631]

I couldn't stop, even when I really wanted to. I almost died. If I touched anything I would bruise, and my hair fell out. I don't know how I stopped, I didn't have anyone to help. No support. I've battled, and continue to battle, a lot of things in my life. I've always done it alone. Sometimes it makes me sad, yes, I do get lonely. I remember on my 22nd birthday I was shocked that I was still alive. It's taken 23 more years to get to a point where I'm okay. I'm living alone finally, for the first time. I'm on meds that help.

[@ronkebidmos282]

Open up more to family and sort out professional help. its worth the effort. Pray and stay strong. God bless you

[@rachelmartin3631]

@@ronkebidmos282 I restarted my therapy. A 12 week boost. As for family I'm NC, my dad is my "monster". I came from an extremely abusive home which is why I'm all screwed up.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

@@ronkebidmos282 Sometimes it’s the family dynamic that’s causing it. It makes me so angry when strangers assume that everybody has this magical, caring, family somewhere. Like we are all living in some kind of fairyland. Life is not like that. As for the idea of getting “professional help”, where do you find it? And who’s gonna pay for it? You?

[@susanowens6393]

Loved this movie. I also love Mare Winning ham. Such a great actress.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

I completely agree!

[@agnesnagy2541]

I don't understand how a mother, who's a therapist could react to her brave coming out the worst possible way...

[@Woofers617]

yeah, its the one scene that doesn't make sense. all I can think is that maybe her anger is really directed at herself for not noticing her daughter was doing this behavior.

[@Strawberrieshortcakes]

It's her daughter she's a mother first it's not a client it's her own daughter I would react thr same way probably specially knowing how myself went through it and it's upsetting not knowing and other people finding out before myself feeling as if she failed as a mother she wasn't really upset at her daughter she was upset that she felt should hadn't protected her and noticed her daughter was hurting.

[@user-ww1zm4rh2z]

OMG thank you so much for posting the full movie. I had to watch it in parts and also the image was not too good. It's one of my favorites movies and watch it with this good quality image makes it to catch all the detalis,so thank you!

[@dianam9028]

I see Mare Winningham I click. Always loved her in movies.

[@nikkiamee2560]

This was actually a real good movie! Glad I gave it a chance.

[@carolcarter3712]

Love this movie makes you think about life and your children ❤️

[@indiemads95]

This is a really hard one to watch. I've struggled with eating disorders most of my life, and over the past few years it's been really hard. I'm trying to get over them, but seeing really thin girls makes me fixate on my own body weight. I think it's important to watch things like this to bring to light, the dangers and reality of eating disorders. I know I'll overcome this, and hopefully have a healthy relationship with food one day.

[@marybowers-em7oe]

It's sad not being able to understand so much pain that can't be explained. But unconditional love conquers all.

[@rldcu]

This movie really made me cry Because it reminds me of myself and how I feel 💔

[@theresasterrett]

Same😢

[@dianam9028]

57:05 Wow this girl is a great actress. Made me cry.

[@spacedgirl0]

Her acting is like so real. That's exactly how I act irl tbh

[@claudiafahey1353]

I know so real...😪

[@user-mc4nf5me6m]

American people, so good to make a film. Actually, my English is not very well.However,I understood 80 percent of this movie.Because ,this film is captivating.Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ film makers and actors.

[@VALERIE43DLJA]

I was anorexic and had bulimia disorders, I could not stand any food in my belly, I know it was the expression of a very deep suffering that I was throwing up, on and on, again and again, because I could not deal with the suffering alone and I did not get the help needed, it was an appeal for help that was not heard.

[@rose.gianno4508]

My hope for you is that by this day someone has heard you.

[@VALERIE43DLJA]

@@rose.gianno4508 dear sister yes now someone has heard me and help me a lot, but in the heart it still hurts, many thanks for your prayer

[@paulabrown6840]

Thinking about you. 🤗🌷

[@KathrynKLNA]

These classic lifetime movies are everything.

[@maralojewski4983]

her acting is amaziiiing

[@patricialyons491]

This is really well cast, acted & produced. Such a difficult illness & very scarey for all involved. Mare Willingham is a fabulous actress & so is Beth.

[@itscecej]

4th time watching this movie in 6 days. Loved it so much. It changed my life forever

[@Handyman-2-Know]

It really opens your eyes up to just what is going through their head and mind, hoping that my daughter doesn’t have to see or go through something like this.

[@flavieflo848]

What a wonderful movie; great acting ; thank you for sharing

[@Flora-qc4ex]

This is a good film that reflects clearly that sometimes we us mother can't see what happens with our children. ❤

[@Flora-qc4ex]

God bless.

[@Flora-qc4ex]

Amen!

[@Flora-qc4ex]

Amen!

[@Flora-qc4ex]

:)

[@augusttalks4875]

This is such an awesome movie. As someone who also spent a while in a psych facility for an Ed and other reasons in the eighth grade it’s such great representation. The scene when Beth breaks down and says it’s not about her mother is something that I’ve also experienced. Her acting is so good and it’s such an amazing film.

[@-indy]

i watch this every week since 2021 bc i relate to her , never thought i would still be watching this movie but i am 😂

[@-indy]

I REWATED IT AGAIN LMAOOOO N JUS FOUND THIS

[@DV1287]

This movie actually makes me cry. One of my friends who I was close with was anorexic about a year ago, & she was going through so much emotional stress & physical strain on herself. When she told her mother, her mother felt like she let her daughter down by not taking good care of her(which I understand). Worst thing is, she told her bf about this, and he proceeded to breakup with her 5 days later. Her Story sounds very similar to this movie & being anorexic is not a good thing (I am very lucky I keep track of my nutrition, but Ik how terrible it can be, seeing how one of my friends was nearly taken away from it). I only learned all of this recently through her senior oratorical contest speech (which was 8 minutes long,3 minutes longer than the maximum allowed). I'll never forget how all her friends in the audience burst into tears in the middle of her speech (I'm pretty sure there's a recording of the oratorical out there somewhere).I'm glad she's okay now, because she has told everyone "you can't live life on an empty stomach."

[@jacquelineeick5986]

mare Winningham, one of the most realistic actors of many great movis including twilight zone from England

[@concretegrindprosouth9014]

Excellent movie, great acting and a serious problem. Thanx for upload👌👌

[@sheiladesoysa7112]

Good movie. Never heard of such an experience in my circle but this story was quite scary. A lesson learnt.

[@shirley9066]

They hide it..

[@0zfx]

This movie makes me cry every time i watch it. Because i relate to this so much

[@Marinameyers05]

this got on youtube at the perfect time. im currently relapsing and it feels good to be understood like this.

[@traceydookhoo9594]

Please stay strong you can beat this....

[@Marinameyers05]

@@traceydookhoo9594 thank you for this, i appreciate it. it's ironic how ppl online know more about what i'm going through than my own family... i hope u urself are doing well

[@zxyatiywariii8]

@Studying Rn I hope you won't mind if I pray for you? ❤🙏🏽 I'm Christian and I always like when people pray for me; and if you're atheist it can't hurt anyway.

[@alaskamountaingirl]

Praying for you 🙏🏾 You we’re made perfectly in God’s image and likeness. You are unrepeatable ❤ Can you go to therapy with your family 🙏🏾

[@Marinameyers05]

@@zxyatiywariii8 that's so so so kind of you! i would not mind at all

[@darealestsamurai3565]

The quality is better since I was a little girl on KZbin. Thanks 😍😍

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

I agree! Great acting on every aspect!

[@robinwisniewski8632]

Very informative and educational for all ages. Excellant cast

[@cassandraknight8804]

Very well expressed emotionally. Great dialogue and good acting ❤👍

[@DonnaBlissVLOGS]

Great movie for awareness!! This could save lives..❤❤❤

[@CAMBY608]

Great acting by the mother/daughter! Bravo!

[@amyswaybarton7944]

She was the Walmart kid Remember?

[@CAMBY608]

@@amyswaybarton7944 no…lol :)

[@suomynonaanonymous]

It felt so real! Impressive acting.

[@chachouachachoua8191]

great,movie. Thank you for uploading it.

[@lovearttherapyalways]

Excellent movie that demonstrates the constant bombardment and messages sent via media that causes enormous pressure on women to be perfect. Now two decades later and it has gotten so much worse...now women get plastic surgery before they are adults to try and reach this pseudo-perfection. I know when I was younger I strived for perfection and was never happy... I am five foot ten and small boned and I used to go to the gym and work out like a maniac and barely eat. I was 120 pounds which was really thin and I used to think my bum was too fat. Crazy!!! Nowadays girls are having butt implants and mine is probably considered too small. What a sad society we live in where the exterior is valued while our inner qualities not. It cannot possibly get any worse... or can it???? Thanks for this upload... there should be so much discussion around this topic with young people in order to clarify and help them see that media is nuts!

[@Cookie-cr6gf]

When she was calling crying and her mom like didn’t know what to do dam that was heartbreaking I barely knew what was wrong myself it was one of those situations just let her be for a while 😢

[@justmetoo6067]

Mare winningham & alison lohman are such great actors & act so well together ❤❤this is a awesome movie & Eating disorders are truly real & its a serious disease 😢

[@cathybassett6432]

Excellent movie - Thanks! 36K views and only 388 likes. It seems most viewers didn't appreciate or understand this movie.

[@hello-jy4he]

Lots of people forget to like- me for example 😂

[@joanjenny2555]

This is an exceptional film expressing the constant need in society to deem ourselves worthy and perfect. I don't believe we are ever cured from bulimia and anorexia but we can manage it within the arms and support of honest and genuine Love. Some of us are highly sensitive in out lives and navigating pain needs a friend that sees us. Blessed Be. Peace to the World.

[@spirituallysafe]

Look up testimonies where Jesus has healed people of EDs when the sufferer placed their trust in Him alone ❤

[@lena651]

Im goin through this rn and i cant talk about it and im scared but it feels so much better after throwing up idk what to do

[@lilianaprina5991]

It is such a sad story. Alison Lohman is a nice looking girl.

[@stephenuhe9229]

I real,y enjoyed this interview. Thanks Shaun.

[@stephenuhe9229]

Sorry dang you tube put the movie on before I thanked Shaun Atwood. Grrr

[@kumar2ji]

Very sensitive subject. . Excellent acting.

[@chasityhines2256]

Really great movie!!! If you like the young actress Alison Lohman in this movie she also plays another great role in the movie "White Oleander"!! It also has Michelle Pfeiffer playing lead with her!! Really good movie!! ❤

[@raffiohanian5541]

Well it was a nice movie so thanks for sharing 👌👍👍👍

[@liciniabatista6033]

Thank you for sharing 🙏🙂

[@Abigayle.Pianist]

I rarely cry during movies but at 57:07 it broke me to tears

[@leah-3011]

my FAVORITE movie. alison is incredible 💗💗

[@atawbi]

I was a bit irritated when the lead actress started showing the girls how to throw up, thinking she was the "healthy" girl and the other girls were the ones leading her to it. The movie does well at misleading us in the beginning, that everything is great. That sadly the reality with that disease.

[@HailBune]

Wow breakdown scene was emotional.

[@karenishness1]

White oleander was also a good movie with this young woman starring.

[@lauraruvalcaba188]

Omg AMAZING FILM!!!

[@karenishness1]

@@lauraruvalcaba188 I learn more every time I see it.

[@fweechi4157]

Ohh i knew i she seemed familiar

[@supercaster8207]

вау игра актрисы была так хороша, я верила каждой ее эмоции, было так натурально сыграно, я даже удивилась, что она в таком юном возрасте смогла так хорошо передать характер персонажа.

[@sarahjaye4117]

By farrrr the best of this genre , not corny. Love the address The one exception

[@SparrowStockwell]

Wow. This is a powerful movie.

[@elaineweatherby1701]

I missed a Broadway audition that I was invited to attend because of my anorexia. It was for my dream show. It was horrible, No one knew how to fix me… I got some help, but I still struggle with body dysmorphia. This was in college, and I was 21, I should have been happy, but my school was so intense, and it caused me to get that way. ED’s are so tough. I feel for everyone who struggled(s.)

[@SummerRaeFL]

Understand. My modeling agent would tell me, “You can never be too blonde, too tan, & too thin.” My entire family would laugh & call me, “Holocaust Child” instead of trying to help me. I lost the Miss Hawaiian Tropic 🏆 b/c my ED was at it’s absolute worst during that time. The abuse on both sides caused my ED/PTSD/anxiety that still haunts me. 😢

[@mariahconklin4150]

I remember when I was getting a little bigger and my dad said I was fat...what a weirdo I wasn't fat. I'm surprised I never ended up with an eating disorder. Not once have I ever been fat fat to me is someone who looks like a hippo. It's crazy what some people think is fat in this world.