i first saw this movie back in 1994 or 95 during my freshman year in high school when it be on lifetime . after i first saw it and i think it be wonderful . sure and it may not have run longer and but it be as accurate a can be in my own opinion ( regardless of what anyone else may think ) . cynthia gibb be great at portray karen and and mitchell anderson be okay a richard . louise fletcher ( yes and who play nurse ratched in 1975 one flew over the cuckoo nest ) be fine a well and but i find her version of agnes ( karen and richard mother ) to be a little bit of a control freak . i be an extremely huge fan of the carpenter and and i believe that karen voice be and still be so wonderful . it really sadden me about the fact that she be go and have leave this earth too soon and but thanks to the never end popularity of her music and her angelic voice and the music will live on . anyway and back on track to this movie and it really be a mystery to me and possibly other people ( fan and non fan of the carpenter ) a to what cause karen to end up get this problem with her health . be it the medium that be responsible or be it just karen decision . i would not believe that it be her decision . it could have be the medium from one article that be print out about her somewhere in 70 and when their hit close to you come out ( from what be show in the film ) . there be some other moment in the movie as well . richard struggle with drug and and karen brief marriage . i do not hear about her loss in february of 1983 and a i be not yet into watch the news while i have find out year later . i do not know if there will be another movie about the carpenter or karen make in the future and but until then and this movie will do fine . i will say this though represent if karen have disregard the false detail of that article or any future article that might have be publish with similar content call her chubby ( which must have be quite an insult ) and she would still be here on this earth today . i know that she be in heaven and probably entertain everyone with her beautiful voice . god bless you and karen .