Steve Martin as Michael McCann; Stephen Baldwin as Tanny Newland; Gabriel Byrne as John Newland; Catherine O'Hara as Mrs. Simon; Laura Linney as Nancy Lambert Newland; Alana Austin as Mathilda McCann (10); Alyssa Austin as Mathilda McCann (5); Alaina Mobley as Mathilda McCann (3); Callie Mobley as Mathilda McCann (3)
Rating
PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Cinematography
Language
English
Plot
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart. He names her Matilda, and raises her, finding companionship and a new joy in life with his adopted daughter. But the secret of Matilda's birth may tear them apart.