Love's Abiding Joy
by Michael Landon Jr.
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Actor: Dale Midkiff, Erin Cottrell, Frank McRae, Logan Bartholomew, William Morgan SheppardDirector: Michael Landon Jr.
Brand: FOX
Writer: Michael Landon Jr.
Producer: Amy Goldberg
Producer: Brian Gordon
Producer: Erik Olson
Writer: Bridget Terry
Writer: Douglas Lloyd McIntosh
Writer: Janette Oke
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-02
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Love's Abiding Joy
Movie Review: A Joy to See
Summary: 5 Stars
I was far from dissapointed in this movie, or in the series as a whole, though they did take some creative liberties. I usually don't mind about creative liberties, as long as they keep the original theme, the main characters, and preserve the flavor that the books have. Mr. Landon Jr. has, I believe, suceeded in this for the most part. The plot in this the fourth installment to the series is fuller and richer than in any of the preceeding films, with several sub-plots imaginativly woven into the main. Clark is finally reunited with his daughter, Missie, after taking a stage-coach out west to her and Willie's struggling ranch, and he meets his grandson Maddy, grand-daughter Kathy, and adoptive grandson Jeff for the first time, as well as the faithful old ranch hands Scottie and Cookie, who have stayed by the Lahayes through the thick, and, now, in the thin. The happy moment is shattered, however, when the "grim reaper" comes for one of the Lahaye children. Friends with overwhelming burdens in their own lives reach out to the young couple with love and compassion, but nothing can keep Missie from the troubling reality that she is no longer capable of coping with the responsibilities of school-teaching, thus putting Willie in a position of reluctantly accepting the local Mayer's offer of a job as Tetsford Junction's first sherrif. While a blosseming friendship between teenage Jeff and Colette Doros -- the Mayor's daughter -- takes an honest turn for romance, Missie and Willie draw into seperate islands of dispair. Only Clark's determination to peirce through the darkness enshrouding Missie, only her own realization that she must do something to help Willie when he comes to a crisis between friendship and the letter of the law, only God's love, and the promise of abiding joy to those who trust in Him . . . is able to bring their hearts to a meeting place once again. Beatiful filming and music, touchingly potrayed relationships between people all of America has come to care about, and a story that promises to inspire. As far as the P.G. rating goes, I think it would have been wise to rate it so even without Mayor Doros' low muttered "h**l", or the kissing scene between Jeff and Colette. The theme is very mature, and without parental guidence young children might become upset and confused as Missie and Willie deal with their grief and try to help their neighbors in difficult circumstances. But with parental guidence, I think it would do no harm for the whole family to watch this together. Three cheers for the 4th to come!
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Item Rating: PG
Street Date: 01/02/07
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
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