[5] Scott Baio, Bess Armstrong, Gabrielle Carteris, and Bruce Greenwood lead the all-star cast.

He described it as "heavy-handed melodrama" and stated that despite the emotionally-sensitive topic of infertility and the various issues of overcoming it discussed in the film, the tricks used throughout made it "a bad soap opera".

[5] David Bianculli gave a one-sentence summary of the film when it aired in 1995, stating that since it wasn't a miniseries, "it's only half as bad as the usual Steel drama.

[13] Mark de la Viña, writing for the Philadelphia Daily News, acknowledged the film as a "tear-jerker", but also commented that it employed "trashy excesses".

[14] Steven H. Scheuer, writing for King Features Syndicate, simply gave the film a rating of 2 of 4 stars and called it both "somewhat entertaining" and "syrupy".

[15] Andy Webb, writing for The Movie Scene, found the film to be melodramatic but also commented on how it felt as though viewers had information fed to them rather than the stories progressing naturally.

[16] Tony Scott for Variety critiqued the handling of the older couple's fertility woes, stating that the scene addressing the process for artificial insemination was "tasteless", "sophomoric" and "crude".

Scott was clear in stating that he found the plot contrived, though he did praise Rooney's work with child actor Michael Brock.

[17] While Mike Duffy of the Detroit Free Press agreed with the assessment that Steel's fans would enjoy the show, he gave the film a rating of 1 out of 4 stars.

[6] Lynne Heffley, writing for the Los Angeles Times, found the dialogue unpleasant and warned viewers about the plethora of sensitive subjects touched upon in the film.

She also called the movie "shameless bathos", though noted that she found Armstrong's, Greenwood's, and Baio's performances to almost make the film "respectable".