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Matt Williams has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s.
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Dir. Matt Williams · With Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing
A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.
Dir. Steve Miner · With Gabrielle Anwar, Cliff Robertson, Michael Schoeffling
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Dir. Carmen Finestra, Matt Williams, David McFadzean · With Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Earl Hindman
This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America.
Dir. Matt Williams · With John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Dir. Matt Williams · With Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Alicia Goranson