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Based on Terry McMillan’s best-selling novel, the Lifetime® Original Movie, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, stars Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Whoopi Goldberg as irascible matriarch Viola Price. When Viola learns her next asthma attack may kill her, she wants to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world. Keeping her health a secret, she takes on sibling rivalry, teen pregnancy and prescription drug addiction – and that’s just one of her four kids. Viola also has a jailbird son, a troubled granddaughter and an estranged husband with a scheming girlfriend she’s determined to help. It’s been decades since Viola’s meddled like this, and she won’t have an easy time bending her loved ones to her will.

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

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Based on Terry McMillan’s best-selling novel, the Lifetime® Original Movie, A Day Late and a Dollar Short, stars Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Whoopi Goldberg as irascible matriarch Viola Price. When Viola learns her next asthma attack may kill her, she wants to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world. Keeping her health a secret, she takes on sibling rivalry, teen pregnancy and prescription drug addiction – and that’s just one of her four kids. Viola also has a jailbird son, a troubled granddaughter and an estranged husband with a scheming girlfriend she’s determined to help. It’s been decades since Viola’s meddled like this, and she won’t have an easy time bending her loved ones to her will.

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    A Day Late and a Dollar Short

    Whoopi Goldberg and Ving Rhames star in this Lifetime Original Movie based on bestseller by Terry McMillan. When irascible matriarch Viola Price (Goldberg) learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world. While on this quest, she must contend with sibling rivalry, teen pregnancy and drug addiction--and that is only one child! Additionally, her jailbird son needs to learn how to be a better father, her granddaughter is in bigger trouble than her daughter is willing to admit and Viola's estranged husband needs saving from his scheming younger girlfriend. It's the kind of meddling that the Price family hasn't experienced from Viola in decades, and she won't have an easy time bending her loved ones to her will. Mekhi Phifer, Kimberly Elise, Anika Noni Rose and Tichina Arnold also star. (2014)

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    • 1 Hour 28 Minutes

    Whoopi Goldberg and Ving Rhames star in this Lifetime Original Movie based on bestseller by Terry McMillan. When irascible matriarch Viola Price (Goldberg) learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world. While on this quest, she must contend with sibling rivalry, teen pregnancy and drug addiction--and that is only one child! Additionally, her jailbird son needs to learn how to be a better father, her granddaughter is in bigger trouble than her daughter is willing to admit and Viola's estranged husband needs saving from his scheming younger girlfriend. It's the kind of meddling that the Price family hasn't experienced from Viola in decades, and she won't have an easy time bending her loved ones to her will. Mekhi Phifer, Kimberly Elise, Anika Noni Rose and Tichina Arnold also star. (2014)

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    • CC
    • 1 Hour 28 Minutes
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