I went with some friends to watch this movie in theaters after already seeing the other three. It was an excellant addition to the series!!! All the actors do their parts beautifully! The storyline is much different than the books but still flows great! There was no sex, language, or anything bad like you usually find in modern movies. Great for the whole family! A++!!
PG rating for Love's Abiding Joy
Too often movie reviews fail to explain ratings and why such ratings exist. This movie fails as a totally family friendly movie. The American Family Association had a few informative things to say about "Love's Abiding Joy." Their comments go something like this: "Michael Landon, Jr. brings his fourth film installment of the "LOVE COMES SOFTLY" series to the big screen with the help of Fox Faith, the new faith-based distribution label from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
LOVE'S ABIDING JOY, based on the fourth novel in a series from best-selling author Janette Oke, is the theatrical debut from Fox Faith that released in October 2006, on over 200 screens in the United States and Canada.
LOVE'S ABIDING JOY continues the triumphant love story of Missie and Willie Lahaye as they are challenged by grief, financial hardship and deceit.
Basically keeping with the series' family-friendly tone and overt Christian content, LOVE'S ABIDING JOY IS A BIT DISAPPOINTING DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF ONE MILD PROFANITY AND A KISSING SCENE BETWEEN TWO UNMARRIED TEENS-ELEMENTS NOT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PREVIOUS MOVIES.
The movie is rated PG and will be available on home video and DVD in December 2006."
There are some who would not buy this movie because of the bad language and the kissing scene. Others would not mind. Either way, it's good to be informed.
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Set in a frontier world of bonnets and one-room schoolhouses, Love's Enduring Promise follows a headstrong young teacher named Missie (January Jones, Bandits), the daughter of Clark and Marty Davis (Dale Midkiff and Katherine Heigl) from previous prairie romance Love Comes Softly. After Clark injures himself in a woodcutting accident, the family farm is in danger of failing--until a handsome young stranger (Logan Bartholomew) helps out. Missie finds herself drawn to this man, but the intelligence and graciousness of young railroad magnate (Mackenzie Austin, How to Deal) appeals to a side of her that yearns to go beyond the hills and valleys of her childhood. What could be romantic froth becomes a quiet, well-paced, and thoughtful love story, thanks to a solid... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Michael Landon Jr. DVD Release Date: Released the 22 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Writer/director Michael Landon Jr. continues in his famous father's footsteps by creating moral family entertainment set in the early days of the American prairie. Stubborn Marty Claridge (Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy) travels west with her new husband--but after they find a beautiful patch of land, her husband dies in an accident before they've even started building. A man named Clark (Dale Midkiff, Air Bud: World Pup) makes a proposal: If Marty will enter into a platonic marriage with him, he'll pay for her passage back east in the spring. What Clark needs is a mother, however temporary, for his willful tomboy daughter Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak, Beyond the Prairie, Part 2). Missie fights Marty's presence fiercely while Clark, though supportive, speaks few... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Michael Landon Jr. DVD Release Date: Released the 14 September 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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