The Washington Post, November 21st, 1998
Making novelist Anne Tyler's work into a Hallmark Hall of Fame drama is like turning a fine Gorgonzola into Cheez Whiz. There's nothing wrong with Cheez Whiz, unless you were expecting a taste of rich, slightly smelly, somewhat moldy, real cheese. "Saint Maybe," an imperfect but endearing book, has become -- inescapably, perhaps -- a Hallmark card, offering heartwarming paleness where there could have been a sharper, darker, human comedy. Blythe Danner and Edward Herrmann head the Bedloe family. The story (airing tomorrow night at 9 on CBS) begins in 1967, when they have just retired from teac...
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