Ken Cheeseman

Set in the final days before a wedding, the story follows Emma and Charlie as one revelation sends their relationship spiraling into tension, uncertainty, and emotional chaos. What starts as a seemingly perfect romance quickly unravels in unexpected ways, turning intimate moments into unforgettable drama.

Longing to have a baby, a sterile 1930s Bostonian hires a man to impregnate his wife. Father Michael McKinnon goes from the U.K. to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and Eleanor Barret. Meanwhile, Eleanor and Arthur desperately want to have a child, but Arthur is sterile, so they hire Harvard law student Roger Martin to impregnate Eleanor, but unfortunately Roger falls in love with her.

When Erin (Hope Davis) is dumped by her boyfriend (Philip Seymour Hoffman), her mother (Holland Taylor) places embarrassing personal ads on her behalf. Erin reluctantly goes out with a string of men, but a lonely plumber (Alan Gelfant) with aspirations to be a marine biologist keeps crossing her path. If the two could only meet, they might make the perfect pair. Directed by Brad Anderson, the film earned a spot at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.