Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

The true story of a miraculous rescue that captured the attention of the world.

Directed by Mel Damski

Produced by Interscope Communications, Campbell Soup Company

1989100 min6.0 / 10

A tense but ultimately hopeful true-story drama about a community united in desperate effort to save a trapped child, balancing genuine peril with the warmth of collective human compassion.

Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth too much with machinery they could cause Jessica to fall further down and die.

Questions people ask

  • Does Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

  • Is Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

37/ 100

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