Saving Sarah Cain
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Movie Reviews of Saving Sarah Cain
Movie Review: Terrific
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful video. All my grandchildren love it, and so do grandma and grandpa.Movie Review: Excellant Family Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good adaptation of a novel by Beverly Lewis. A good wholesome family movie.Movie Review: Very rough start but ends strong
Summary: 4 Stars
This adaptation of Beverly Lewis' novel The Redemption of Sarah Cain is another commendable addition to the oeuvre of telefilm producer/director Michael Landon, Jr. Taking great liberties with the plot of the novel, the picture turns the usual Witness-esque story of the 'English' trying to adapt to the life of the Amish on its head. It places the devout orphans of the protagonist's recently departed sister in the heart of a major city and explores the effect it has on their hearts and their family dynamic.
The beginning of the film is worrisome due to extremely clunky dialogue that sounds like it was cobbled from a book of movie journalism cliches. All the editor (played with sorely-needed light humor by Elliott Gould of M*A*S*H and Ocean's 11 fame) needed was a cigar to chomp on and he'd be straight out of a comic strip.
Fortunately, things improve dramatically once Sarah Cain starts interacting earnestly with her sister's children. Landon's skill at drawing convincing performances from kids is highlighted throughout the rest of the film and, by the end, YOU may want to adopt some of them! And leading lady Lisa Pepper (of Anthony Hopkins' indie film Slipstream) is frequently good and shows great potential for success. She's very easy on the eyes (it's part of the Hollywood equation, folks) and definitely plays well opposite children.
My favorite part may be the flashback sequence at the end. I won't spoil it for you but it's very appropriate to the character and is beautiful, ethereal, evocative, and expertly photographed and edited.
Movie Review: Falls short of being a great classic
Summary: 4 Stars
I first read the book, "The Redemption of Sarah Cain"by Beverly Lewis, and really enjoyed it. Although I knew the movie would be different from the book, I eagerly ordered it. However, I was disappointed in the poor and uninspired acting of Elliot Gould and Tess Harper. Their "star status" brought nothing to the movie at all. As far as I am concerned, the rest of the cast were better than these two (especially Lisa Pepper). They should have gone with lesser known actors for these two roles, and used the budget difference to totally revamp the movie. The beginning and ending were fine, but the entire middle was a huge disappointment.
This movie falls short of being a truly good classic because of the bad plot in the middle. The best part of the movie was the "flash-back" to the main character's childhood memories on the beach. That was incredible and made the entire movie worth watching! All in all, this movie shows that Michael Landon Jr. has tremendous potential as a director.
Movie Review: Good family film, enjoyable
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife and I both enjoyed the movie very much. The acting was superb, the story line was wonderful, and it is a great movie for the whole family. I only wish their was more of a salvation message in the film. As an evangelical Christian I guess I was hoping to see salvation / baptism / maybe even mention the name of Jesus. While all of that was missing, she did seem to desire a reconnection with God in the end which I suppose is the main point of the movie.