Keeping the Promise (1997)

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Release Date: Jan 5, 1997 Wide

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This outdoor adventure is set in the mid-18th century. In the wilderness of Maine a boy struggles to survive and keep a promise when his father does not return from a trip to Massachusetts. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.

Drama, Kids & Family, Art House & International

Directed By: Sheldon Larry

Written By: Gerald DiPego

In Theaters: Jan 5, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Jul 25, 2000

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This film is sometimes touching and well acted, but the film overstayed it's welcome an hour and a half in. This film could've and should've been shortened. Also the characters sometimes overreact to situations. The book was much better. You'd be better of reading that instead.

October 14, 2010

Barry Newart

An admirable attempt to make meaningful film about people struggling with real life or death problems, and based on The Sign of the Beaver, well-regarded children's novel. Scene in which the mother (Annette O'Toole) realizes that her child, whom she is cradling in her arms, has just died, is heartwrenching. However,

August 22, 2006