Something in Common

Year: 1986

Runtime: 102 mins

Language: English

Director: Glenn Jordan

RomanceDrama

A young man falls for a kind woman in her forties, sparking an unexpected romance. When he tells his mother, she erupts in fury, and the woman feels like she’s about to jump out of her skin when meeting her son's mother. The film follows the uneasy struggle as the mother wrestles with accepting her son’s unconventional choice.

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