Watch Not My Kid (1985) Free Online

Release Date: 1985

Cast: George Segal, Viveka Davis, Stockard Channing

Categories: Movies, Teen

Not My Kid is a 1985 television film directed by Michael Tuchner, which was based on a 1984 book of the same name by Beth Polson (who also served as the film's executive producer) and Miller Newton. Many of the methods depicted in the film's fictional drug rehabilitation program were practiced by Newton in his own real-life drug rehab centers before they were shut down for abuse of the residents. The movie aired on CBS in the United States, and had a VHS release both there and in the United Kingdom, with ITC handling distribution rights. The film opens with 15-year-old Susan Bower on an... MORE

Not My Kid is a 1985 television film directed by Michael Tuchner, which was based on a 1984 book of the same name by Beth Polson (who also served as the film's executive producer) and Miller Newton. Many of the methods depicted in the film's fictional drug rehabilitation program were practiced by Newton in his own real-life drug rehab centers before they were shut down for abuse of the residents. The movie aired on CBS in the United States, and had a VHS release both there and in the United Kingdom, with ITC handling distribution rights. The film opens with 15-year-old Susan Bower on an alcohol and drug-fueled joyride with boyfriend Ricky and two other friends, which is intercut with scenes depicting testimony from teenage addicts in a drug rehabilitation program run by Dr. Royce. While foolishly attempting to drive with his eyes closed and both hands off the steering wheel, Ricky loses control of the car, causing it to skid on its side before overturning and landing all his passengers in the hospital (though ironically, Ricky himself emerges from the wreck unharmed). Once there, the presence of alcohol and drugs in Susan's bloodstream is revealed, much to the shock of her parents LESS