Love Comes Softly (2003)
Release Date: Apr 13, 2003 Wide
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In the family-entertainment tradition of his multi-talented father Michael Landon, writer/director Michael Landon Jr. offered this made-for-cable frontier drama, adapted from a novel by Janet Oke. En route to her new home in the West, Marty Claridge (Katherine Heigl) suddenly finds herself a widow, with no roof over her head or means to support herself. At the gentle prodding of her settler friends Ben and Sarah Graham (Corbin Bernsen, Theresa Russell), Marty accepts the marriage proposal of
Apr 13, 2003 Wide
Sep 14, 2004
Cast
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Katherine Heigl
Marty Claridge -
Dale Midkiff
Clark Davis -
Skye McCole Bartusiak
Missy Davis -
Corbin Bernsen
Ben Graham -
Theresa Russell
Sarah Graham -
Oliver Macready
Aaron Claridge -
Rutanya Alda
Wanda Marshall -
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While it may seem like just a Christian 'Chick Flick on the Prairie,' it explores several deep theological and cultural themes that make for good viewing by men and women.
The special features on the DVD of Love Comes Softly remind me of those shirts that say you did something "and all I got was this lousy t-shirt".
The film's pace is abysmal like too little grass spread across too much lawn.
...it becomes increasingly difficult to resist the film's charms as it progresses, primarily thanks to the warm and inviting central performances.
Audience Reviews for Love Comes Softly
Super Reviewer
She learns to make her self accept in the family. Will she stay pass winter or will she leave the father and the kid?
Pros
Good acting and plot
Funny at times
Good cast
Little bit of twist ending.
Super Reviewer
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- Clark Davis: The truth of God's love is not that he allows bad things to happen. It's His promise that he'll be there with us when they do.
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- Missy Davis: Love doesn't always come with fireworks... sometimes love comes softly.
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