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When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story

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William G. Borchert's biographical story profiles Lois Wilson (Winona Ryder), co-founder of Al-Anon, and her husband, Bill (Barry Pepper), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Christen McCurdy Bitch Media 01/13/2021
When Love Is Not Enough has some interesting moments, but ultimately flattens its characters in the interest of letting us know its commitment to its message is unambiguous. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Orrin L 08/26/2023 Historically accurate, well told story of the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous & his wife. See more 09/21/2015 The story of Bill is the story of every alcoholic, except he starts AA. Most women wouldn't stay with a Bill, let alone help change the world with him. See more justin w @astromartin84 11/09/2013 I love AA and thought I loved Winona Ryder... but her acting is on par with the worst example you can imagine of the most stereotypical made-for-TV movie. Barry Pepper made for a better Bill than James Woods did though. See more 08/06/2013 Really sad and motivating story See more 03/12/2013 I love this movie a lot its a great love story with great acting. A small low-budget movie but definatly a good one to see :) See more 01/10/2013 Interesting story on how Alcoholics Anonymous was formed. If I was in her shoes, I would've left my husband long again and not stuck around. See more Read all reviews
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John Kent Harrison

Director

Winona Ryder

Lois Wilson

Barry Pepper

Bill Wilson

John Bourgeois

Dr. Clark Burnham

Rosemary Dunsmore

Matilda Burnham

Paul Popowich

Rogers Burnham
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Synopsis William G. Borchert's biographical story profiles Lois Wilson (Winona Ryder), co-founder of Al-Anon, and her husband, Bill (Barry Pepper), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Director
John Kent Harrison
Producer
Terry Gould
Screenwriter
William G. Borchert, Camille Thomasson
Production Co
Entertainment One, CBS, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 4, 2018
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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