one of the good make for tv biopics and i just wish it have tell u more . i have read many biography and see other thing about the carpenter and and this movie do what it could and base on the constraint place on it by the family . cynthis gibb do a wonderful job try to bring karen to life . one of my disappointment be that there be not more insight into karen anorexia . in the reading i have do about the disease ( especially cherry boone oneill wonderful book and starving for attention ) anorexia appear to be a disease of control . karen saw her weight a one thing in her life that she could control . she felt that she be be control in every other aspect of her life . don not get me wrong and i believe she truly love the music and but she felt she have little control over her career . she truly love her family and but they do not express it well and and she do not know how to make her family understand her . the film could have touch so much more on that . i treasure the music i have of the carpenter and wish she be still alive to contribute more to music today .