A Painted House

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Demi D @redpoodle Sep 8, 2025 I just finished reading the book which was great. Then I watched the movie and it was good. I recommend watching it, but it did lack that special John Grisham magic. See more

Aug 19, 2012 Nice Hallmark movie. A little slow... See more

Jun 28, 2011 Not as good as the book... See more

Jul 16, 2009 decent, for a halmark movie, this is the kid that playing Percy Jackson? See more

Jun 14, 2009 When I started watching it I have to say it looked so dumb but it turned out to be a pretty good movie. See more

Dec 21, 2008 Perhaps sometimes, we forget, with our plush life and current definition of "poverty", what things were like for rural "working poor" even as recently as the 50's. Survival, even for a man who owned the land, took a different strength of character. Is it good, or is it regretful those times have passed? More money yes, but were better times up North in the auto plants? I suppose, but this is nostalgia, and not bad either. It was a good family movie, narrated like the Waltons, I kept waiting for "goodnight Luke-boy". Yah, Little House on the Prairie too, a bit more reality, but did other commenters really expect this to be as complete as the book, any book? Personally, I'm tired of hearing book-readers whine about "what they left out". Don't watch movies if you read the book. This is certainly wandering reminiscences, but that's another type of literature too, isn't it? Why does every story have to be going somewhere special? To me it's a pretty good coming of age movie and worth the hour and a half at least, and always a pleasure watching Scott Glenn, when he gets good parts. See more

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