Saving Sarah Cain
When Sarah Cain, a self-involved big-city newspaper columnist, travels to Pennsylvania for the funeral of her Amish sister, she soon discovers that she is the legal guardian of her five Amish nieces and nephews. Rather than choose to move to Lancaster County to finish raising them there herself, or let them be separated by the foster care system, Sarah decides to take them with her back to Portland where she believes she can make a new life for them. However, she soon realizes that the modern world has forced them to compromise who they are, and that she has moved them there for all the wrong reasons - a motive which is soon exposed - because secrets can really never be kept secret. In order to find her own redemption, she knows she must make a choice to give them back their lives in Amish Country. And whether she remains part of their lives will have a lot to do with how much she has grown to love them.
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I love this movie! - Arlette
While the premise seems highly unlikely in a tight knitt Amish culture, I think this movies is precious and sweet. I feel it's message is subtle and shows faith without being preachy. It has a definite life lesson which touched my heart. The cast does a good job. I'm sure it wasn't easy for children to try to do an Amish accent. I loved Tom Tate's role as the long suffering boyfriend. I think this is a great family movie worth a spin.Misses the mark - Gaucho
This is one of the many films produced by Fox/Faith Studios ("From the makers of 'The Simpsons' and 'Temptation Island' comes...Jesus!") and from Michael Landon Jr., which is to provide families who are careful what they watch together with wholesome entertainment. Although these sentiments are VERY admirable and may pave the way to some great movies some day, this film particularly misses the mark.
The acting feels likes a High School Drama Club, where the actors are just trying to get through their lines as fast as possible. The characters are loosely tied together cliches and stereotypes, lacking any dimensions. Finally, the plot is pulled from the bag of the PAX/Hallmark Movie of the Week: you can literally tell what's going on in the film depending upon the minute count and the soundtrack.
What is mostly missing though is the idea that this film is about faith. There is no faith in this film. Certainly, there is lots of cultures (kind of a dream of most conservatives to turn Amish). But faith, of any kind, is not explored.
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I love this movie! - Arlette
While the premise seems highly unlikely in a tight knitt Amish culture, I think this movies is precious and sweet. I feel it's message is subtle and shows faith without being preachy. It has a definite life lesson which touched my heart. The cast does a good ...Misses the mark - Gaucho
This is one of the many films produced by Fox/Faith Studios ("From the makers of 'The Simpsons' and 'Temptation Island' comes...Jesus!") and from Michael Landon Jr., which is to provide families who are careful what they watch together with wholesome entertainment. ...