kirstie alley win an emmy for her performance in david mother and an uncompromising look at a blue collar and boorish mother and who seem to be at a total loss at how to deal with her autistic son . alley and cast against type and lose herself in this role of an uneducated and trailer trash kind of mother who want to love and help her son but be never really quite sure about what she should be do for him . the always reliable stockard channing be also feature a her snobbish sister and sam waterston be charm a a man alley get involve with but this be alley movie and she forsake any pretense of glamor to realistically portray an unsympathetic character in a difficult situation who somehow still manage to make u feel for her even though we know that a lot of what this woman do and feel be just wrong . alley make the most of a rather unpleasant role and give u a memorable television experience and light year away from her role a rebecca howe on cheer .