hayden panettiere starred as sheryl yoast in heroes
however her fulltime acting career did not begin until 1994 when playing sarah roberts on the longrunning abc soap opera series one life to live from that year until 1997
james berardinelli writing for reelviews called the film relentlessly manipulative and hopelessly predictable but noted that it was a notch above the average entry in part because its social message even if it is softpeddled sic creates a richer fabric than the usual cloth from which this kind of movie is cut