Second Best - (1994) - Netflix

1h40m - Dramas

A lonely postal worker applies to adopt a troubled 10-year-old and all is going well -- until the boy's real father is released from prison.

Director: Chris Menges
Cast: Chris Cleary Miles, Jane Horrocks, Keith Allen, Alfred Lynch, James Warrior, Nathan Yapp, Doris Irving, Alan Cumming, William Hurt
Netflix Rating:
7.1/5
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 0/100
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Available Since: 2018-12-01
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Synopsis Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since his mother committed suicide. He adores his outlaw father John, sent to prison not long after the mother's death. Can James learn to love Graham? Can Graham settle for being second best?

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