Choices (1986)

A newly retired attorney (George C. Scott) with a much younger second wife (Jacqueline Bisset) finds himself in an ethical dilemma. His teenage daughter (Melissa Gilbert) from his first marriage is pregnant and his wife finds herself pregnant although he clearly told her he didn't want any more children before they married. Since he is "pro life", he wants his daughter to have the baby yet doesn't want his wife to carry their baby to term. Directed by David Lowell Rich (MADAME X), this is the kind of movie that deals with a divisive issue by trying to make both sides happy which it can't, of course. It's also the kind of social issue film where the characters argue their opinions back and forth so that we begin to feel that we're at a debate rather than a movie. As a drama, there's no ..... well, drama! We pretty much know after all the debating and lecturing how this is going to play out. The performances are uniformly fine considering the strait jacket the film's screenplay has the actors in. With Laurie Kennedy and Steven Flynn.