The cast and the environs are so obviously Canadian posing as U.S. that it loses authenticity. Mills has been such a perverse actress since Knot's Landing that she has rarely been sympathetic in any role, even without the eye paint, and her role here is no exception. Good stolid Canadian actress Florence Patterson is as convincing as Mills' character's mother as Zelda Rubinstein would be as Brooke Shields' mom. Lon Katzman's performance is so awful that it is risible. The only interesting part is the downbeat ending when true love does indeed depart on the 6:12 train, with no last minute tacked-on saccharine ending.
Review of The Lady Forgets
